1885.] GENUS PARADOXURUS. 807 



premolars is 0"68 inch, between the last molars 0'77. In other 

 species the latter measurement exceeds the former by at least one 

 half. 



Colour above rufous-brown, or rather light brownish chestnut, 

 with numerous white hairs intermixed. Fur brown throughout, 

 scarcely paler in colour at the base. The lower parts fulvous to 

 white, breast rufescent. Hinder part of back paler than the 

 shoulders, and marked with two slightly darker lonuitudinal bands, 

 one on each side of the back, and by a few indistinct spots. Tail 

 with alternating rings of darker brown and pale brown, not very 

 strongly marked and becoming indistinct on the lower side, where 

 the colour is paler, and also towards the tip, which is dark. No 

 distinct head-markings. The cheeks below the eye and a spot above 

 the eye pale, area in front of each eye darker, forehead and ears the 

 same colour as the nape and hind neck. Vibrissse partly white, 

 partly brown. 



Dimensions. Head and body of a large male 880 millim. (3.5 

 inches), tail (J30 millim, (25 ins.) {Jentiiil; probably from a skin). 

 Skull 5"75 inches long. 



Distribution. Celebes. 



11. ParADOXURUS (?) LANIGER. 



Paradoxurus laniger, Hodgson, As. Res. xix. p. 79 (1836) ; J. A. 

 S. B. X. p. 909, xi. p. 279 ; Calc. Journ. N. H. iv. p. 287 ; Wagner, 

 Schreb. Saugeth. Supp. ii. p. 352 ; Grav, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 542; Cat. 

 Cam. &c. Mam. B. M. p. 74. 



Pagumal lanixjer. Gray, List Sp. Mam. B. M. 1843, p. 55; Cat. 

 Hodgs. Coll. B. M. p. 9 ; 2nd ed. p. 5. 



Tail only about half the length of the head and body, thick at the 

 root and tapering gradually to the extremity. Toe- pads surrounded 

 by hair, soles in all other respects as in other species of Paradoxurus. 

 Claws short ; a naked preanal area. Fur very woolly and close. 

 No skull known. 



Colour pale rufescent brown throughout the head (so far as 

 preserved), body, and tail, the fur grey at the base, light brown 

 towards the tips. No black-tipped hairs anywhere. 



The only specimen known, a skin in bad condition, was obtained 

 by Mr. Hodgson in Nepal, and was supposed to have been brought 

 from Tibet. In J. A. S. B. xi. p. 279, Hodgson says that he received 

 it from Tingri. 



In the absence of any skull it is impossible to feel sure that this 

 species belongs to Paradoxurus. There can be no question how- 

 ever, I think, that it is quite distinct from all other known species 

 of that genus. The specimens doubtfully referred to it by Blyth 

 (J. A. S. B. xxvii. p. 274, and Cat. Mam. Mus. A. S. p. 48) pro- 

 bably belong to P. gruyi, like some skins similarly labelled in the 

 British Museum. 



The following measurements, with the exception of those of P. 

 jerdoni, are taken from skulls in the British-Museum collection. 



