MAMMALS OP THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 23 



Genus ARCTICTIS Temminck. 



1824. Arctictis Temminck, Prosp. de Monog. des Mamm. [Palmer, 

 Index Gen. Mamm. (1904), 117.] Type. — Viverra (?) binturong 

 Raffles. 



The binturong. Size large, with tail about as long as head and 

 body. Ears with long tufts of hair. General color black, more 

 or less washed with fulvous. Head and body of Palawan form, 

 700 millimeters ; tail, 710. 



Arctictis wiiitei Allen. 



1910. Arctitis (sic.) whitei Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 28, 15, 

 January 29. 



Type locality. — Iwahig, Palawan. Palawan (Allen). 



Genus IV1UNG0S Geoff roy and Cuvier. 



1795. Mungos Geoffroy and Cuvier, Mag. Encycl., 2, 184. Type. — 

 Viverra mungos Gmelin. 



Mongooses. The Philippine species, above yellowish-red, 

 marked with black ; head paler and grayer than body ; under parts 

 reddish-brown. Head and body, 395 millimeters ; tail, 190. 



IVIungos palawanus Allen. 



1910. Mungos palawanus Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 28, 17, 

 January 29. 



Type locality. — Iwahig, Palawan. Palawan (Allen). 



Mungos parvus (Jentink). 



1895. Herpestes parvus Jentink, Notes from Leyden Mus., 1 7, No. 9, 

 48, August. 



Type locality. — Calamianes Islands. Calamianes (Jentink). 

 Family FELID^. 

 Genus FELIS Linnaeus. 

 1758. Felis LiNNJEVs, Syst. Nat., 10 ed., 1, 41. Type. — Felts catus 



LlNN^US. 



Cats. Hind feet with only four toes; claws completely re- 

 tractile. Two species wild in Philippines, one native species and 

 the feral domestic cat. The single known native species is about 

 the size of a well-grown domestic cat, but with relatively longer 

 legs. Markings variable; yellowish-gray to yellow, with dark 

 brown markings. Tail long and spotted. 



