792 MR. W. T. BLANFORD ON THE [NoV. 3, 



dark stripes on the back (these are in a very few cases wanting), and 

 by the black or ashy colour of the head unbroken, excejjt sometimes 

 in the latter bj' a small white spot on the forehead or a narrow 

 white streak down the nose. The small teeth and apparently the 

 absence of a naked space around the preanal glands are also charac- 

 teristic of the latter genus. 



1. PaRADOXURUS NIGER. 



Musk or Muskij JVeasel, Pennant, Hist. Quad, ed.3, ii. p. 72(1793). 



Viverra nigra, Desm. Mam. p. 208 ( 1 820). 



V. bondar, de Blaiuv., Desm. ib. p. 210. 



Martre des palmiers ou pougoune {Parado.vurus typus), F Cuv. 

 Hist. Nat. Mam. pi. 186 (1821) ; Desm. Mam. Supp. p. 540. 



Paradoxurus leucopus, Ogilby, Zool. Journ. iv. p. 304 ( 1828) ; 

 Gray, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 6/ ; Tenim. Mon. Mam. ii. p. 338 ; M^agner, 

 Schreb. Siiugeth. Suppl. ii. p. 339: Schinz, Syn. Mam. i. p. 386 ; 

 Giebel, Siiugeth. p. 798. 



P. typus, Fischer, Syn. Mam. p. 158 (1829): Sykes, P. Z. S. 

 1831. p. 102 ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 65; List Sp. Mam. B. M. 

 1843, p. 56 ; Temm. Mon. Mam. ii. p. 315 ; Elliot, Madr. Jour. 

 Lit. Sci. X. p. 103 (1839); Wagner, Schreb. Saugeth. Supp. ii. 

 p. 342 (1841); Schinz, Syn. Mamm. i. p. 381 ; Horsfield, Cat. 

 Mam. Mus. E. I. C. p. 60 (1851) ; De Blainv. Osteographie, Viverra, 

 p. 17, Atlas, pi. vii. ; Kelaart, Prodr. Faun. Zeyl. p. 38 (1852); 

 Giebel, Saugeth. p. SOO (1859). 



? P.pennantii, Gx&y, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 66 ; Illustr. Ind. Zool. ii. 

 pi. 13. 



P. bondar. Gray, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 66; Illustr. Ind. Zool. ii. 

 pi. 12; List Sp. Mam. B. M. 1843, p. 56; Cat. Hodgson's Coll. 

 B. M. p. 10 (1846) ; id. ibid. ed. 2, p. 5 (1863) ; P. Z. S. 1864, 

 p. 531 ; Cat. Cam. &c. Mam. B. M. 1869, p. 63; Temm. Mon. 

 Mam. ii. p. 332, pi. 65. f. 4, 5, 6 ; Schinz, Syn. Mam. i. p. 384 ; 

 Giebel, Saugeth. p. 799; Jerdon, Mam. Iiid. p. 128. 



Platyschista pallasii. Otto, Nov. Act. Leop.-Car. xvii. p. 1089, 

 pis. Ixxii., Ixxiii. (1835). 



Paradoxurus hirsutus, Hodgs. As. Res. xix. p. 72 (1836); 

 J. A. S. B. x. p. 909; Calc. Journ. N. H. iv. p. 287; Wagner, 

 Schreb. Saugeth. Supp. ii. p. 348. 



Paguma bondar, Horsf. Cat. Mam. Mus. E. I. C. p. 68 (1851). 



Viverra {Paradox.) hermaphrodita, De Blainv. Osteographie, 

 Viverra, p. 96 (nee Pallas). 



P. hermuphroditus. Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 532; Cat. Carn. &c. 

 Mam. B. M. 1869, p. 65 (nee Viverra hermaphrodila, Pallas). 



P. musanga, Blyth, Cat. Mam. Mus. A. S. p. 46, partim ; 

 Jerdon, Mam. Ind. p. 125, partim, nee V. musanga. Raffles. 



Tail nearly or quite as long as the head and body. Fur coarse 

 and often long, some piles, especially on the back, loiig and ragged ; 

 underfur short or wanting. 



In the skull the bony palate extends but httle (not more usually 

 than about one eighth of an inch) behind a line drawn through the 



