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ViVBKBA MBGA8PILA, Bl. 



1862. Viverra megaspila, Blyth. J. A. S. B., XXXI. p. 331. 

 1888. Viverra megaspila, Blanford. Mammalia, No. 47. 



1 (no skull). — Allagappa, Sagaing. (Collected by Maj. F. C. 

 Owens.) 



Vernacular name — Kyaung-myeng-kwet (Burmese). Hbn-hawn or 

 Amnge (Shan). 



In size and shape this animal is quite like V. zihetha, but it has a longer 

 muzzle. It is at once distinguishable from zihetha however by its colour 

 pattern, which is large dark spots on a light ground, especially on the 

 posterior half of the body. The black rings are usually united by a black 

 line along the upper side of the tail. 



VivERRicuLA MALACCBisrsis, Gmel. 



The small Indian Civet. 



(Synonymy in No. 3.) 



1. Pakokku (Collected by Major Bowen). 

 S 1. Mt. Popa. 

 1. Allagappa, Sagaing. (Collected by Maj. F. C. Owens.) 



{See also Reports Nos. 3, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 15.) 



Vernacular name — Kyaung-myin or Kyaung-myeng. 



Paradoxukus hbkmaphroditus. Pall. 



The Malayan Palm Civet. 



1778. Viverra hermajjhrodita, Pallas, Schr. Sang, III, p. 246. 

 1822. Viverra musanga. Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. XIII, p. 252. 

 1888. Paradoxurus her}na])hroditus, Blanford, Mammalia, No. 52. 



S 5, 92. Mt. Popa. 



J 3, $ 5. Mingun. 



2 4. L. Chindwin. (Collected by G. W. Dawson, I.C.S.) 



2 (skulls only) Sagaing. (Collected by Maj. F. C. Owens.) 

 This species differs from ' 7iiger,' the common palm civet of India, in 



having a quite distinct marking of stripes on the back. Schwarz some 

 time ago described (A. M. N. H., VI, p. 230, 1910) a species " vicinus^' 

 from Assam much resembling the present form but with the ground colour 

 " golden yellow." Some of the younger specimens in this series show a 

 yellowish tinge but nothing approaching golden yellow. 



" Apparently plentiful throughout the Dry Zone, identical with niger in 

 its habits."— G. C. S. 



Vernacular name — Kyaung-wum-paik (Burmese). 



Canis indicus, Hodgs. 



2'he Jackal. 



(Synonymy in No. 1.) 



2 2. Mt. Popa. 



I. Magwe. (Collected by J. P. Cook.) 

 (<S'<?e also all former Reports except Nos. 2, 8 and 13.) 



" Fairly plentiful and apparently widely distributed in Burma, although 

 not so frequently heard as in India. Well known round Mt. Popa, 

 Mandalay, Mingun and other parts of the Dry Zone, also ascending the 

 Shan Plateau to around Maymyo, where they used to be hunted, and 

 extending thence, though not in large numbers, as far East as the 

 Salween."— G. C. S. 



Vernacular names — Tjoung-kkwe or khw'e-a (Burmese). 



