2 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 6l 



Remarks. — On re-examining the specimens of Paradoxurus from 

 Simalur I find that Dr. Abbott was right in considering the island 

 form distinct from that of Sumatra. 1 In color the two animals ap- 

 pear to be indistinguishable, but in size the differences are very 

 noticeable, as shown by the following table of maxima and minima: 



Head and body Tail Weight (kg.) ^^Jftlfull ^SS* 



mens 



hermaphrodites 49° to 595 420 to 520 2.25 to 3 104 to 108.6 6 



parvus 46510483 380 to 420 1.5 to 2 96 to 100.2 5 



PARADOXURUS HERMAPHRODITUS RAVUS, new subspecies 



Type. — Adult female (skin and skull), No. 84429, United States 

 National Museum. Collected at Trong, Lower Siam, March 5, 1897, 

 by Dr. W. L. Abbott. 



Diagnosis. — Like Paradoxurus hermaphroditus hermaphroditus of 

 Sumatra and the southern portion of the Malay Peninsula, 2 but 

 ground color of upperparts noticeably paler (about pale-ecru-drab) 

 instead of a brownish ochraceous-tawny), so that the black spots 

 and hair-tips are thrown into greater contrast. 



Measurements. — Type: head and body, 580 mm.; tail, 470; hind 

 foot (dry), 83 (81); condylobasal length of skull (basal suture 

 closed, teeth slightly worn), 104.5 (108.0) ; 8 zygomatic breadth, 58.2 

 (58.3) ; breadth of braincase, 35.4 (35.0) ; interorbital breadth, 18.0 

 (18.2) ; breadth of rostrum over canines, 18.6 (20.0) ; mandible, 

 76.8 (81.4) ; maxillary toothrow exclusive of incisors, 38.1 (42.0) ; 

 mandibular toothrow exclusive of incisors, 41.2 (47.0).- 



Specimens examined. — Two, both from the type locality. 



Remarks. — This animal is readily distinguishable from true Para- 

 doxurus hermaphroditus by the gray, not brown, ground color of 

 the upperparts and sides. As in the typical form the black markings 

 are well developed, and the tail has no conspicuous light area on 

 basal third. From P. minor, represented in Dr. Abbott's collections 



1 See Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 26, p. 471. February 3, 1903. 



a The United States National Museum contains specimens of true hermaph- 

 roditus from the following localities : 



Sumatra: Little Siak River, 3; Aru Bay, 9; Tarussan Bay, 2; Engano 

 Island, 1. 



Malay Peninsula : The Dindings, 1 ; Rumpin River, Pahang, 2 ; Endau 

 River, Johore, 1 ; Jambu Luang, Johore, I. 



3 Cranial measurements in parenthesis are those of a male topotype with 

 basal suture visible and teeth unworn. 



