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1862.] MR. R. SWINHOE ON THE MAMMALS OF FORMOSA. = 355 
verted bristles; base of tongue having two large papille, with three 
smaller ones further in the rear. No clavicle.” 
I will now extract my note on the fresh animal. “A specimen killed 
14th April. Iris mottled chestnut, the pupil in death appearing 
perpendicularly ovate, and hence probably in life contracted to the 
linear form, as in the true Cats. Paws very large and plantigrade. 
Musk-bag between the testicles, shallow and empty. Penis and 
testes strongly developed ; the exposable portion of the former 14 in. 
long, 4 inch wide, 1 inch of its length towards the apex being 
covered with short, inverted, horny papille ; from the apex there 
projects a thin, pointed piece, shaped like a finger, ;4;th in. long, 
which is also covered with papille at its basal portion. The aper- 
ture of the penis occurs at the junction of the finger-shaped protu- 
berance with its apex.” 
This is by no means a common animal in Formosa, the male adult 
subject of this paper being the only one I have ever seen. It was 
breught to me dead, and I can therefore give no notes as to its 
habits. 
7. HELICTIS sUBAURANTIACA, n. sp. (Pl. XLIV.) 
I have compared this with H. moschata from the Himalayas, and 
with the Chinese specimens brought by Mr. Reeves. The Chinese 
animal is light reddish brown on the upper parts, with a white mark 
down the nese, extending backwards a little behind the ears. Its 
under parts are whitish, and its tail is small and sparsely covered with 
white hairs, especially near the tip. The Himalayan species is much 
paler, has the tail larger and whiter, and the white extending in a 
line some way along the back. In these two last particulars, as well 
as in general appearance, ours approaches more nearly the Hima- 
layan type. 
In the Formosan a line of white starts from the occiput and runs 
down to about the middle of the back, narrowing as it goes. A large 
spot of orange-white adorns the forehead. A line of deep purplish 
brown, approaching to black, runs from eye to eye above the muzzle, 
continues over each eye, and joins again behind the whitish forehead- 
spot, and then extends over the neck on each side of the white line 
till it gets lost in the paler colour of the back. Another line of the 
same runs under each eye, and forms a dark spot on each cheek, 
Under parts whitish orange, the inside of the ears, under part of fore 
legs, and line down the belly being strongly washed with orange-ochre. 
The purplish brown of the back runs into the tail, but soon yields to 
a white, which is chiefly conspicuous at its bushy end. In size the 
Formosan animal is rather larger than the Chinese, but about the 
same as the Himalayan. 
One was brought to me alive, bound so tightly with cords that it 
did not survive many days. It fed readily on the bodies of birds, 
rolling itself up and sleeping throughout the day, but becoming 
restless and active in the evening. It uttered a peevish cry when 
disturbed. The Chinese called it the Kay-che-bah, or Fruit Civet. 
When alive, the facial line turns upwards towards the nose, which is 
