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MR. R. I. POCOCK ON EXTERNAL 



Avithout prejudice, to follow Blanford and most modern authors 

 in I'egardiug Paguma as a synonym of Paradoxurus. 



The fore foot of P. larvatus is broad ; the digits are capable of 

 considerable distension and are webbed up to the proximal ends 

 of the digital pads ; the underside of the webs is smooth, save for 

 the presence of four patches of short hair near the distal margin 

 of each. The pollex is well developed and lies close to the second 

 digit. The plantar pad is large and wide owing to the size of its 

 pollical lobe, which approximately equals in dimensions any one of 

 the three main lobes corresponding to the intervals between the 



Text-fie-ui'e 1. 



Farado.vurus larvatus. 



A. Left fore foot, digits fully stretched. 



B. Left liind foot, 



four principal digits. The lobes are well defined by grooves. 

 The double carpal pad, separated by a deep naked crease from 

 the plantar pad, is at least as Avide and long as the latter in- 

 cluding its pollical lobe. The external lobe of the carpal pad is 

 about twice as large as the internal and is defined from it by a 

 deep groove. These carpal pads occupy practically the whole 

 width of the paw behind the plantar pad and, like the latter and 

 the digital pads, are covered with coarsely granular or scale-like 

 integument. 



The claws are protected by rudimentary skin-lobes and are 



