1864.] DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE VIVERRIDA. 531 
its front edge, ‘Teeth 40, large; false grinders, =; the flesh-tooth 
triangular or subelongate ; the tubercular oblong, transverse. 
M.Temminck, in his ‘Monographies de Mammalogie,’ vol.ii. p.312 
(published in 1855), has given a monograph of this genus ; the syno- 
nyms are very incorrect. 
* The skull elongate; the nose slender; the width of the head at 
the last tooth two-thirds the length of the palate; the flesh- 
tooth elongate, rather narrow, with a small internal lobe on 
the front edge. Bondar. 
1. PARADOXURUS BONDAR. 
Fur very long, hairy, rather rigid, dirty yellowish white varied 
with the long black tips of the longer and more rigid hairs ; end of 
nose brown, generally with a white central streak. The feet, outer 
side of fore legs, and end of the tail blackish. 
Ichneumon bondar, Buchanan, MS. 
Viverra bondar, De Blainville, Journ. de Phys.; Fischer, Syn. 
Mamm. 172. 
Paguma bondar, Horsfield, Cat. Mus. E. Ind. Comp. 68. 
Paradoxurus bondar, Gray, P. Z. 8. 1832, p. 66; Illust. Ind. 
Zool. t.; Temm. Esq. Zool. 120; Gerrard, Cat. Osteol. B. M. 79; 
Schinz, Syn. Mamm. i. 385. 
Par. pennantii, Gray, P. Z. 8. 1832, p..66 ; Illust. Ind. Zool. t. 
Par. hirsutus, Hodgson, Asiatic Researches, xix. 72, 1836. 
Genetta bondar, Lesson, Mamm. 175. 
Hab. Nepal: North Behar and Tarai (Hodgson). 
This species is easily known from P. grayi by the rigid harsh- 
ness of the fur and the dark colour of the outside of the legs. 
Skull narrow, elongate. False grinders distant, the third trigonal ; 
flesh-tooth narrow, elongate, the outer edge longer than the width of 
the front edge, with the inner lobe on the front margin ; tubercular 
grinder oblong, transverse, rather narrower and rounded on the inner 
side, wider than long; the hinder tubercular small, oblong, subcir- 
cular. Length of skull 4" 12!", of nose 1" 5!; width of brain-case 
1" 43", of zygoma 2! 3!", 
** The skull moderately broad ; the width of the head at the last 
tooth about four-fifths of the length of the palate; the flesh- 
tooth rather longer than wide in front, with a moderate-sized 
internal lobe on the front edge. Platyschista. 
2. PARADOXURUS ZEYLANICUS. B.M. 
Nearly uniform brown or dark brown; the Jonger hairs with a 
bright golden tint; ears nearly naked; whiskers pale brown; tail 
subcylindrical, sometimes with a single yellow or pale subterminal 
band ; heel of hind feet hairy. Length of body and head 21 inches, 
tail 17 inches. 
