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respects; but it differs from them both in the crown of the head 
being paler like the back, and from P. nigrifrons in having three 
dorsal stripes; but in one specimen, from the Philippines, these 
stripes are quite invisible; yet in every other respect this is like the 
other specimens, and it differs from the specimen of P. nigrifrons in 
the colour of the crown. 
Third upper false grinder with a well-marked linear tubercle on 
the hinder inner edge; the flesh-tooth tubercular, the outer edge 
not longer than the width of the front margin; front tubercular 
tooth oblong, the inner and outer edge of about the same width, 
smaller than in P. zeylanicus. 
9. PARADOXURUS MACRODUS. B.M., type. 
The skull with a rather elongated nose; the third upper false 
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Skull of Paradoxurus macrodus. 
grinder has a well-marked cingillum and a rudimentary lobe on the 
inner side. The flesh-tooth is very massive, with four large and two 
