22 HOLLISTER. 



Family VIVERRID^. 



Genus VIVERRA Linneeus. 



1758. Viverra Linn^us, Syst. Nat., 10 ed., 1, 43. Type. — Viverra 

 zibetha Linn^us. 



Civets; the form found in the Philippine Islands with ground 

 color of gray, spotted and striped with black. Tail about half 

 the length of head and body, black and whitish. Head and body 

 about 600 millimeters; tail about 300. 



Viverra tangalunga Gray. 



1832. Viverra tangalunga Gray, Proc. Zool Soc. London, 63. 



Type locality. — Indian Archipelago. Calamianes (Bourns & 

 Worcester) ; Luzon (Thomas) ; Mindanao (Bourns & Worces- 

 ter) ; Mindoro (Bourns & Worcester) ; Palawan (Thomas) ; 

 Panay (Bourns & Worcester) ; Siquijor (Bourns & Worcester). 



Genus PARADOXURUS F. Cuvier. 



1821. Paradoxurus F. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mamm., 3, livr. 24, pi. with 

 text (under 'la marte des palmiers'), January. Type. — Paradoxurus 

 typus F. Cv\iER=Viverra niger Desmarest. 



Palm civets. Less strikingly marked than ViveiTa, with long- 

 er tail. General color blackish brown, with five or six indistinct 

 stripes of black along back. Top of head, feet, and tail blackish. 

 Head and body about 440 millimeters; tail about 360. 



Paradoxurus minax Thomas. 



1909. Paradoxurus minax Thomas, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., VIII, 

 3, 375, April. 



Type locality. — Davao, South Mindanao. Camiguin (Tho- 

 mas) ; Mindanao (Thomas) . 



Paradoxurus philippinensis Jourdan. 



1837. Paradoxurus philippinensis JouRDAN, Compt. rend. Acad. Sci. 

 Paris, 5, 523. 



Type locality. — Luzon. Basilan (Bourns & Worcester) ; Ley- 

 te (Elera) ; Luzon (Thomas) ; Marinduque (Steere) ; Mindoro 

 (Bourns & Worcester) ; Negros (Steere) ; Palawan (Thomas) ; 

 Panay (Bourns & Worcester) ; Siquijor (Sanchez). 



Paradoxurus torvus Thomas. 



1909. Paradoxurus torvus Thomas, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., VIII, 

 3, 375, April. 



Type locality. — Bongao, Tawi Tawi Group. Bongao (Thomas) . 



