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cuspidate than in the College of Surgeons' skull. Thus, if a fresli 

 genus were to be made for these two skulls, the two species would 

 differ greatly in the form of their teeth, though agreeing as to the 

 number. I hesitate, therefore, to separate them, not being able to 

 ascertain if any external distinctions accompany the absence of j^^' 



Though the skull from Manilla is quite adult and more ridged than 

 that from the College of Surgeons, yet it is much smaller than the 

 latter, its length being only 8"'6 instead of 9"' 6. 



The scent-glands lie beneath the surface of a valve-like antero- 

 posteriorly directed cutaneous inflection, more or less naked, and 

 situated between the penis and the testes in the male, and analo- 

 gously in the female. Temniinck says ', " Le plus grand nombre 

 des paradoxures est muni d'un organe semblable." With the kind 

 assistance of Mr. Bartlett I have verified the existence of this pouch 

 in one of the Paradoxures, named P. typus, living in the Gardens ; 

 and I have also noted that the skin around the anus is naked. The 

 pupil is linear. 



Thus the genus Paradoxurus has the characters before enumerated 

 as those of Viverra, except Nos. 6 (sometimes), 24, 45 (sometimes), 

 and 47. As to character 26, it is possible in some species the anus 

 may open into a saccular depression ; but I have not observed it or 

 any record of its so doing. Chatin is silent as to the genus Para- 

 doxurus. I do think it probable that when the species of this genus 

 have been well worked out, it will be found to be subdivisible into 

 two or more genera. 



As it is, however, I can find no characters to justify the separation 

 of any Paradoxures into the genus Paguma of Gray ; but it is 

 otherwise as regards Arctogale. 



The genus Arctogale was instituted by Prof. Peters, but not 

 published by him. It was adopted from him, and published 

 by Dr. Gray ". The type species of the genus is described in 

 Temminck's ' Monographies,' vol. ii. p. 333, under the name of 

 Paradoxurus trivirgatus ; and he figures (pi. 63) the entire skeleton 

 (| size of nature), with the skull and dentition (of the natural size). 

 It has been described under the same name by Gray in P. Z. S. 

 1832, p. 68, and by G. S. Miiller in Verhand. i. sp. 3, p. 55. Its 

 external form does not appear to have been figured hitherto, and 

 has therefore been given here. There are nine skins and three 

 skulls of this species in the British Museum, one skull (No. 1656 a) 

 being labelled Paguma stigmatica, which is really but a synonym. 



Arctogale trivirgata comes from Singapore and Burmah, and 

 also from Java and Sumatra according to Temminck (where he says 

 it inhabits the mountains of from 3000 to 3500 feet elevation), and 

 from Tenasserim according to Blyth. 



A. stigmatica is said by Temminck (' Esquisses Zoologiques,' 

 p. 121) to have been found in the south of Borneo. The size 

 attained is considerable, the length of the head and body being 

 sometimes 58"*4, and that of the tail 43"-2. 



' L. c. p. 313. ^ P. Z. S. 1864, p. 542; and Catalogue of Carnivora, p. 75. 



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