786 MR. W. T. BLANFORD ON THE [NoV. 3, 



P. lai'votus, p. hondar, P. triviigatits, and P. Linotatus, and classed 

 as doubtful P. leucopus, P. philippensis, and P. prehensilis. This 

 monograph is by far the best attempt at reducing to order a very 

 difficult and complicated genus that has appeared. Gray speaks of it 

 (P. Z. S. 1864, pp. 527, 534) in severe terms ; and there are un- 

 doubtedly some mistakes, several of which ajipear due to informa- 

 tion given by Mr. Ogilby having been incorrect or misunderstood. 

 I can only say thatTenmiinck's work appears to me superior in every 

 respect to Dr. Gray's, and that out of the species admitted by the 

 former I find only one, P. hondar, that does not appear a fairly 

 distinct form. Temmiiick considers P. pallasii, P. crossii, P.dubius, 

 and P. hermaphroditus of Gray identical with P. musanga, P. 

 pennantii the same as P. hondar, and P. hamiltonii identical 

 with P. binotata. In all this I agree ; but the union of P. grayi 

 and P. laniger with P. larvatus, which Temminck gives on the 

 authority of Ogilby, is not admissible so far as tlie present evidence 

 goes, although P. grayi and P. larvatus appear closely allied. P. 

 laniger seems totally distinct \ 



Temminck also looked upon the Ambliodon dore and the Para- 

 doxurus philipjjinensis of Jourdau as the same. This was, I think, a 

 mistake. 



In De Blainville's ' Osteographie,' under Viverra, an account of 

 the osteology of Paradoxiivus typus (P. niger) is given ; and in the 

 Atlas two skulls belonging to the restiicted genus are figured — one 

 called P. hermaphroditus in the text and P. typus in the Atlas 

 (probably that of P. niger) ; the other called P. auratus and appa- 

 rently that of Jourdan's Ambliodon dore, which in the text is 

 recognized as identical with P. leucomystax. 



Wagner's Supplement to Schreber's Saugetbiere, vol. ii., pub- 

 lished in 1841, contains descriptions of the following species con- 

 sidered distinct : — P. leucopus, P. grayi, P. nipalensis, P. typus, 

 P. musanga, P. trivirgatus, P. leucomystax, P. hirsutus, P. felinus, 

 P. larvatus, P. laniger, P. annulatus, and P. liamiltoni. Besides 

 these, P. crossi, P. prehensilis, P. quinquelineatus, P. jourdanii, P. 

 derbyanus, P. zebra, and P. philippensis are enumerated as imper- 

 fectly known. P. annulatus is a supposed new species, founded 

 on a young individual with a ringed tail (probably a variety of 

 Nandinia binotata) in the Munich Museum, and P. felinus is pro- 

 posed as a preferable name for P. hermaphroditus. Wagner's ar- 

 rangement of the species appears on the whole inferior to Temminck's. 



In Schinz's 'Synopsis Mammalium,' vol. i., published in 1844, 

 P. tyjms, P. musanga, P. leucomystax, P. larvatus, P. bondar, P. 

 trivirgatus, P. binotatus, P. annulatus, P. leucopus, P. p)liilippensis, 

 and P. nipalensis are included in the genus ; and in the Supplement 

 to the second volume P. quinquelineatus, P. musangoides, and P. 

 nubice are added. 



A few other species have been described in various works. Amongst 



^ I found some peculiarly coloured specimens of P. grayi in the British- 

 Museum oollectiou hbelled P. laniger. It is possible that Ogilby may have 

 seen these, aud have thus been induced to coulound the two species. 



