19O0.j MAMilAliS OF SlAM ANl) THE MAXA* PENINSULA. 33l 



Kuala Luinpor, and is said to be common in Selangor. In the 

 Raffles Museum is a specimen from Malacca. 



Mr. Ridley has kept for some years a very fine male Binturong 

 alive, chained to a tree in his garden at Singapore : it is not of a 

 gentle disposition ; but a full-grown female belonging to Mr. A. H. 

 B. Dennys, of Penang, is perfectly tame and delights in being 

 petted. 



Distribution. Assam, Burma, Siam, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra. 

 Banka, Java, Borneo. 



37. Cynogale bennetti Gray. The Otter-Civet. 



Cantor (p. 33) says : " This animal appears to be of rare occur- 

 rence on the Malayan Peninsula, and the natives are consequently 

 not acquainted with it." In the Raffles Museum there is a stuffed 

 animal, supposed to be of this species, labelled " Malacca : 1889.'' 



Distribution. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo. 



38. Hebpestes aueopunctatus (Hodgs.). The Small Indian 

 Mongoose. 



Herpestes auropunctatus, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 121. 



Cantor (p. 34) obtained a single specimen in the Malay Penin- 

 sula, which Blanford says was " possibly introduced." 



Distribution. South Persia, Afghanistan, Baluchistan, Northern 

 India, Lower Bengal, Assam, Chittagong, Upper Burma, and 

 (possibly) Malay Peninsula. 



39. Herpestes mungo (Grtnel.). The Common Indian Mon- 

 goose. 



Herpestes griseus, Cantor, p. 34. 



Herpestes mungo, Blanf. Paun. Ind., Mamm. p. 123. 



" Bambini"' of the Malays (according to L. Wray). 



Cantor (p. 34) obtained a single specimen in the Malay Penin- 

 sula, which Blanford says " may very probably have been im- 

 ported." 



In the Museum at Taiping there are two specimens unlabelled. 

 In the Museum at Kuala Lumpor there is one caught 4 miles 

 from that place. Once in 1895 I saw a wild Mongoose near 

 "Alma" Estate in Province WeUesley which appeared to be of this 

 species ; but I have been told that at one time mongooses were 

 imported from India by the planters and turned loose in the 

 Province, but when, and how many, and on which estates I do not 

 know. 



Distribution. Afghanistan, India, Ceylon, Malay Peninsula; 

 introduced in Jamaica and other West Indian islands. 



40. Hebpestes fbva (Hodgs.). The Crab-eating Mongoose. 

 Herpestes urva, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 129. 



" Hen-paaraa " of the Siamese. 



