1885.] GENUS PARADOXURUS. 7!)1 



cranial characters. The following is a key to the species here 

 admitted ' : — 



A. Tne tail considerably more than half the length of 



the head and body together (usually three quarters 

 or more) ; teeth of moderate size. 

 a. Tail not ringed. 



a. The bony palate extends less than ^ ineh behind 



the posterior molars. Vibrissa; in general 



dark-coloured. 

 a'. Colour fulvous, ashy, or black. 



a". Back unstriped, no pale band across fore- 

 bead ; inner or proximal side of upper 

 sectorial concave 1. P. nigcr. 



h". Back generally striped, a pale band across 

 forehead ; inner side of upper sectorial 



straight 2. P. hermaphroditus. 



h'. Colour dark brown. 



a". Fur glossy with black tips. Anterior 

 palatine foramina only extending back as 

 far as canines 3. P. I'hUippinensi'. 



h". Fur grizzled, not glossy, with brown tijjs. 

 Anterior p.xlatine foramina extending to 



opposite anterior premolars 5. P. jerdoni. 



c'. Colour dull rusty red tliroughout 6. P. aureus. 



b. The bony palate extends more than jinch behind 



the posterior molars. Vibrissa;, in part at 

 least, con.spicuously white. 

 «'. Colour grey or fulvous, head markings 



indistinct. Skull 4| to 4 J inches long .. I.P.grayi. 

 h' . Colour generally greyish brown ; head-mark- 

 ings black and white, distinct; a broad 

 white band down tlie forehead and nose. 



Skull about 4 inches long 8. P. larvatus. 



c'. Colour brown or rufous ; head-markings 

 generally distinct, brown and whitish ; a 

 broad pale band across forehead, or whole 

 face whitish. Skull about 5 inches long .. . 9. P. kucomystax. 

 13. Tail ringed. 



a. Colour above brownish red, with white hairs 



intermixed 10. P. 7nusschenhroeki. 



B. Teeth very large. 



a. Only skull known ; ujiper sectorial 0'42 inch lojig 4. P. macrodus. 

 0. Tail about half the length of the head and body. 



Skull not known 11. P. lanigcr. 



Of the species belonging to allied genera, Hemujale hardwickii has 

 broad transverse coloured bands on the back. Nanrlinia binotafa 

 may be recognized by its back and sides being spotted with large 

 dark spots, by a pale spot on each side of the withers, and a sub- 

 annulate tail ; Arctcgale trivirgata and A. leucotis by having three 



^ This key will, in most cases, serve to identify specimens of Paradoxunts, 

 but, I fear, not always by means of the external characters. I liave, since this 

 pajjer was in type seen three specimens of P. hcrmaphrodifiis, obtained by Dr. 

 J. Anderson in the Mergui Archipelago, Tenasseriin. One of these is uniformly 

 dark brown, almost blick, and resembles in colour some forms of Arctogah 

 leucotis, having none of the markings of P. hermaphrodifus. The other two 

 are dark brown, with the vibrissiC in part wliite, and are externally only distin- 

 guishable by size from P. Icucomystax. The skull, however, iu each case is un- 

 mistakably that of P. hermaphroditus. 



