542 DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE VIVERRIDZ. [Nov. 8, 
Length of skull 4" 63'", of nose 153"; width of brain-case 1" 6!"', 
of zygoma 2" 6!"!, 
This skull is much more ventricose, and the head is much shorter 
and broader, than in P. dondar. 
Paradoxurus leucopus, Ogilby, Zool. Journ. iv. 300, t. 35, 1829, 
Temm. Esq. Zool. 120, ‘‘ band round the loins, the feet, and the tip 
of the tail pure white,’ is probably, from the description, an acci- 
dental variety of the P. grayi. The specimen does not appear to 
have been preserved. 
_ I believe the specimen which I described in 1837, under the name 
of P. jourdanii, ‘Mag. of Nat. Hist.’ i. 579, from a specimen which 
M. Jourdan purchased in London for the Lyons Museum, is the 
same as the one here described. 
The only character that M. Jourdan gives is the following :— 
“Cette a laquelle il a donné le nom d’ Amblyodon doré est celle qui 
offre la disposition dentaire la plus omnivore, celle qui, par consé- 
quent, rappelle le mieux ce quia lieu dans les Rasores, chez lesquels les 
deux bords dentaires sont presque égaux en hauteur et en épaisseur, 
également tuberculeux, et ont les deux arriéres molaires approchant le 
plus d’étre égales et semblables dans leurs cétés interne et externe.”’ 
“L) Amblyodon a un pelage fort grossier, rude, assez long et 
presque unicolore, seulement plus foncé en dessus, autour des yeux, 
avec les extrémités noires en dessus, comme la Mustela.’’— Ann. Sci. 
Nat. viii. 276, 1837. 
This character suits more than one Indian species ; but fortu- 
nately M. de Blainville, in his valuable ‘ Ostéographie,’ has figured 
a skull under the name of Paradoxurus auratus, which is probably 
the one named by M. Jourdan, and certainly is the same as the 
Paradoxurus grayi of Mr. Bennett. It may be observed that M. 
Jourdan was in England shortly after I had described the species in 
the ‘ Magazine of Natural History’: he saw my specimens, and even 
referred to my paper in his ‘ Mémoire’ (p. 275) ; but he redescribed 
my Paradoxurus derbianus as Hemigale zebra, and P. jourdanii as 
Amblyodon doré, without reference to their synonyms, though the 
latter is from the same specimen, I believe, as I described with his 
permission. 
Paradozxurus laniger, Hodgson, MS. (Paguma laniger, Gray, 
Cat. Mamm. B. M. 55). 
P. larvatus, var., Temm. Esq. Zool. 120 (!) ; Monogr. ii. 
Hab. Nepal (Hodgson). 
This species is only known from a skin without any skull, and in 
a very bad state. 
16. ARCTOGALE. 
Arctogale, Peters, Handb. fiir Zool. 98 (ined.). 
Head conical. Nose compressed, flat, and with a central groove 
beneath. Whiskers slender, very long, brown. Ears rounded, 
covered with short hair. Toes 5—5; claws short, retractile. Soles 
