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senegalensis, and have been described and figured by him in the 
Ann. des. Se. Naturelles, 5° sér. vol. xix. (1874) pl. iii. fig. 14. 
These glands were described and figured by Daubenton in Buffon’s 
Hist. Nat. vol. ix. p. 343, pls. 36-40. Therein the Genet dissected 
(a female) is described as having a distinct orifice at the bottom of 
each lateral depression, leading thence into the interior of the gland ; 
but such is certainly not the case in my G. tigrina, any more than 
in Chatin’s G. senegalensis, in both of which the secretion had 
only a multitude of minute pores through which to exude. 
The genus Genetta agrees with Viverra in all the characters of 
the latter before enumerated, except Nos. 24, 38, and 42; and there 
are, besides, the differences in size and markings and in the more 
inflated condition of the anterior part of the bulla. 
The beautiful Viverrine animals known as the Linsangs differ 
from the foregoing forms sufficiently to warrant their separation as 
members of the genus Prionodon, which may be said to have been first 
instituted by Horsfield, since in his ‘ Zoological Researches’ (1824) he 
proposed for it the term Prionodontide to denote a subdivision of the 
genus Felis. He there describes it under the name of Felis gracilis", 
and gives a representation of its external form, and also separate 
figures of its head, dentition, and paw. Hodgson, in the 2nd part 
of the 2nd volume (1842) of the ‘Calcutta Journal of Natural 
History,’ p. 57, plate 1, describes a so-called second species of the 
genus Prionodon (P. pardicolor); and a third species, P. maculosus, 
has been described by Mr. Blanford in the 2nd part of the 
47th vol. of the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (1878), 
p. 152, pl. 6 (external form) and pl. 7 (skull), the skin and skull 
of which are deposited in the British Museum, and some points in 
the anatomy of which I have examined. 
In Prionodon the ground-colour of the coat is white or whitish 
grey, with brown or black markings. The markings may form 
four broad continuous patches running transversely across the 
hinder part of the body; or spots may replace each continuous 
patch. The tail is ringed ; and there are dark streaks on the neck 
and shoulders. P. gracilis is from Borneo, Java, and Singapore ; 
P. pardicolor from Nepal; and P. maculosus from Darjeeling, 
Moulmain, and South Tenasserim. As to size, the length of the 
head and body seems to average about 46", and that of the tail 
40-5. The fur is soft, close, and erect. The limbs are rather 
short. The pollex and hallux are both well developed. The claws 
are almost, if not quite, as completely retractile as in the Cats. 
The tarsus and metatarsus are entirely hairy, Thus in this respect, 
as also in the character of the claws and the absence of = Prio- 
nodon approaches Felis most closely, as Horsfield was careful to 
point out. The palmar and plantar pads have a greater tendency 
to break up into separate naked spaces than in Genetta; but, as 
in that genus, a hairy portion intervenes between the proximal and 
distal parts of the palmar pad. The pupil is circular. 
1 Prionodon gracilis, Gray, P. Z. 8. 1864, p. 519. 
