1864.] DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE VIVERRID&. 525 
side. The tubercular grinders are oblong, triangular, much wider 
than long, rounded on the inner side ; the hinder one like the front, 
but only about half the size. The nose of the skull is elongate. 
The brain-cavity ovate, ventricose, not suddenly constricted in front. 
Forehead shelving, rather convex. The bullee of the ears are oblong, 
elongate, vesicular, truncated behind, and keeled on the outer edge. 
Length of the skull 3! 9", of nose lL" 43", of zygomatic arch and 
orbit 1! 6!" ; width of brain-case 1! 3!"', of back of mouth 6" 12!", of 
zygoma 1!" 10". 
Tribe 7. ARCTICTIDINA. 
The hinder part of the tarsus bald and callous. The tail thick, 
strong, and prehensile. Fur harsh, bristly. Ears pencilled. 
Frenum hairy. Orbit of skull imperfect, only defined by a 
prominence above. 
12. ARcTICTIS. 
Aretictis, Temm. Monogr. xx. 21, 1820? 
Ietides, F. Cuvier ; Valenciennes, Amn. des Sci. Nat. iv. 57, 1825; 
Férus. Bull. Sci. v. 266, 1825. 
Head conical. Whiskers numerous, long, rigid, more slender on 
the cheeks, throat, and eyebrows. Nose acute; underside flat, with a 
broad central groove. Eyes small. Ears closely covered with long 
hairs, forming a pencil. Toes 5—5. Claws compressed, acute, re- 
tractile. Soles of hind feet broad, entirely bald and callous to the 
heel. Tail conical, covered with long hair, convolute. Frenum 
covered with hair? Teeth 36; false grinders 2/3, 2/3; tubercular 
grinders 2/1, 2/1. 
ARCTICTIS BINTURONG. B.M. 
Black. Younger with more or less long white tips to the hairs ; 
young, pale dirty yellow. 
Viverra ? binturong, Raffles, Linn. Trans. xii. 253. 
Arctictis binturong, Temm. Monogr. ii. 308; Fischer, Syn. Mamm. 
i. 157; Gray, List Mamm. B. M. 54; Gerrard, Cat. Osteol. B. M. 78; 
Cantor, Cat. Malay. 54; Horsfield, Cat. India House Mus. 94. 
A. penicillatus, Temm. Monogr. ii. t. 62 ; Miller, Zool. Ind. Arch. 
32. 
Paradoxurus albifrons, F. Cuvier, Mém. Mus. ix. 44,t.4 ; Mamm. 
Lithogr. t. 
Ictides, F. Cuv. Dents Mamm. 104, t. 34. 
Ictides ater, F. Cuvier, Mamm. Lithogr. t. 
I. albifrons, Valenc. Aun. Sci. Nat. iv. 57, t. 1; F. Cuvier, Mém. 
Mus. ix. t. 4. 
Hab. Malacca (Farquhar, 1819); Sumatra (Raffles); Java 
(Temminck); Tenasserim and Arracan (Cantor); Assam, Nepal 
(Blyth). 
Varies in the quantity and length of white tips of the hairs. 
Major Farquhar says, ‘It climbs trees, assisted by its prehensile 
