ISiSO.] GICNUS PARADOXURUS. 805 



Synonymy. The ty])es of b(jtli P. (jrayi and P. nipalensis are \n 

 the Biiiish Museum, and so is a specimen (skin and skull) of P. 

 tytleri, which belonged, I believe, to one of Colonel Tytler's original 

 specimens. The skull is rather smaller in size, but otherwise undi- 

 stinguishable. The fur is thin, from the animal having been kept in 

 confinement. 



Tiie synonytny of P. (jrayi in Gray's Monograph (P. Z. S. I8()-J, 

 p. 54 1 ) is I think erroneous. Neither P. bandar, Tenini., P. leucopus, 

 Ogilby, Anibhjodon dore, Jourdan, nor to the best of my belief 

 Parudoxarus auralus, De Blainvillc, belongs to this species, 



8. Paradoxurus larv.^tus. 



Gulo larva til s,'^en\\i\. ; llam. Smith, Griffilii's Cuv. An. King. ii. 

 p. 281, with plate (1827). 



Viverru lurvata. Gray, Spic. Zool. p. 9 (18.30). 



Paguma larcuta. Gray, P. Z S. 18.il, p. 95 ; List Sp. Mam. B.M. 

 ]8i;i, p. 54 ; P. Z. S. '1864, (>. 539 ; Cat. Carn. &c. Mam. B. M. 

 1869, p. 72; Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 18G2, p. 354, 1870, p. 630, 1872, 

 p. 817. 



Paradoxurus larvatus. Gray, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 67; Illust. Ind. 

 Zool. vol. ii. pi. 11 (1834); femm. Mon. Mam. ii. p. 329, pi. 65. 

 f. 1-3; Wagner, Schreb. Siiugeth. Supp. ii. p. 351 (1841); Schinz, 

 Syn. Mam. i. p. 384 (1844); Giebel, Siiugeth. p. 798. 



Smaller than P. grayi, but otherwise very similar. 



Colour light brownish grey, the terminal portions of the tail 

 and limbs, parts of the head, the neck and the buck between the 

 shoulders black or blackish, a broad white stripe down the middle 

 of the forehead and nose, a white spot below the eye and another 

 behind it, the two sometimes connected, all sharply defined against 

 the remainder of the face, which is black. 



Dimensions. No trustworthy measurements of body and tail 

 available. Skull about 4 inches long. 



Distribution. S(juthern China : Kwangtung and Fokien pro- 

 vinces, Hangchow, and Formosa. 



9. Paradoxurus leucomystax. 



Paradoxurus leucomystax. Gray, P. Z. S. 1836, p. 88 ; Charles- 

 worth's Mag. Nat. Hist. i. p. 579 (1837); Temm. Mon. Mam. ii. 

 p. 325, pi. 64. f. 4, 5, 6 ; Miiller, Zoogd. Ind. Arch. p. 55 ; Wagner, 

 Schreb. Siiugeth. Sujip. ii. p. 347; Schinz, Svn. Mam. i. p. 383; 

 Giebel, Saug'eth. p. 799 ; Blyth, Cat. Mam. Mu's. A. S. p. 48 (1863). 



P. jourdanii. Gray, Cbarlesworth's Mag. Nat. Hist. i. p. 579 

 (1837) ; Wagner, Schreb. Siiugeth. Supp. ii. p. 355. 



Anibliodon dore, Jourdan, Comptes Rend. v. pp. 442, 446 (1837) ; 

 De Blainv. ibid. p. 593 ; An. Sci. Nat. ser. 2, viii. p. 276. 



Puyuma leucomystax. Gray, List Sp. Mam. B. M. 1843, p. 55 ; 

 Cantor, J. A. S. B. xv. p. 200 (1846) ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 540; 

 Cat. Carn. &c. Mam. B. M. 1869, p. 73. 



Paradoxurus ogilbyi, Eraser, Zool. Typ. pi. 10 (1849). 



P. auratus, De Blainv. Osteographie, Fiverra, pp. 21, 96, pi. vii. 



