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cuspidate than in the College of Surgeons’ skull. Thus, if a fresh 
genus were to be made for these two skulls, the two species would 
differ greatly in the form of their teeth, though agreeing as to the 
number. I hesitate, therefore, to separate them, not being able to 
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ascertain if any external distinctions accompany the absence of 7 
Though the skull from Manilla is quite adult and more ridged than 
that from the College of Surgeons, yet it is much smaller than the 
latter, its length being only 8'"6 instead of 9-6. 
The scent-glands lie beneath the surface of a valve-like antero- 
posteriorly directed cutaneous inflection, more or less naked, and 
situated between the penis and the testes in the male, and analo- 
gously in the female. Temminck says’, ‘‘ Le plus grand nombre 
des paradoxures est muni d’un organe semblable.”” With the kind 
assistance of Mr. Bartlett I have verified the existence of this pouch 
in one of the Paradoxures, named P. typus, living in the Gardens ; 
and I have also noted that the skin around the anus is naked. The 
pupil is linear. 
Thus the genus Paradovrurus has the characters before enumerated 
as those of Viverra, except Nos. 6 (sometimes), 24, 45 (sometimes), 
and 47. As to character 26, it is possible in some species the anus 
may open into a saccular depression; but I have not observed it or 
any record of its so doing. Chatin is silent as to the genus Para- 
doxurus. Ido think it probable that when the species of this genus 
have been well worked out, it will be found to be subdivisible into 
two or more genera. 
As it is, however, I can find no characters to justify the separation 
of any Paradoxures into the genus Paguma of Gray; but it is 
otherwise as regards Arctogale. 
The genus <drctogale was instituted by Prof. Peters, but not 
published by him. It was adopted from him, and published 
by Dr. Gray”. The type species of the genus is described in 
Temminck’s ‘ Monographies,’ vol. ii. p. 333, under the name of 
Paradoxurus trivirgatus ; and he figures (pl. 63) the entire skeleton 
(§ size of nature), with the skull and dentition (of the natural size). 
It has been described under the same name by Gray in P. Z.S. 
1832, p. 68, and by G. S. Miiller in Verhand. i. sp. 3, p. 55. Its 
external form does not appear to have been figured hitherto, and 
has therefore been given here. There are nine skins and three 
skulls of this species in the British Museum, one skull (No. 1656 a) 
being labelled Paguma stigmatica, which is really but a synonym. 
Arctogale trivirgata comes from Singapore and Burmah, and 
also from Java and Sumatra according to Temminck (where he says 
it inhabits the mountains of from 3000 to 3500 feet elevation), and 
from Tenasserim according to Blyth. 
A. stiymatica is said by Temminck (‘ Esquisses Zoologiques,’ 
p- 121) to have been found in the south of Borneo. The size 
attained is considerable, the length of the head and body being 
sometimes 58-4, and that of the tail 43/2. 
1 L.c.p. 313, ? P.Z.S8. 1864, p. 542; and Catalogue of Carnivora, p. 75, 
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