SYNOPSIS OF THE 



the head and limbs, where it is short; forehead and 

 muzzle nearly white ; tail and legs blackish ; a black spot 

 extending from the ear to the side of the nose enclosing the 



eye. i 



Viverra? Bentourong, Raffles, Lin. Trans, xiii. Para- 

 doxurus Albifrons, F. Cuv. Mem. Mus. 540, Icterus Al- 

 bifrons : Valenciennes. Ann. 



Bentourong, Raffles, 1. c. Anim. Hist. Nat. i. 



Icon. Lin. Trans, xiii. Tab. Valenciennes, Ann. Sci. 

 Nat. II. t. — F. Cuv. Mam. Lithog. — Horsf. Zool. Java, t. 

 F. Cuv. Dents Mam. Teeth. 



Inhabits interior of India. 



Obs. Varies greatly in colour. 



1 

 V. Prionodon, (Horsf.) Anal pouch none? head elon- 

 gated; muzzle very pointed ; cheek teeth ^f ; body and limbs \ 

 slender. ' '\ 



414. 1. Prionodon Gracilis (Slender Delundung.) Fur 

 clear yellow, with four very large transverse brown bands ; 

 tail with two very narrow brown bands at its base, and seven 

 broader annuli towards the end, bands and spots on the 

 outer side of the shoulders and thighs. 



Viverra? Lesang, Hardwicke, Trans. Lin. Soc. xiii. 253. 

 Felis (Priodonta) gracilis, Horsf. Zool. Java, i. Viverra gra- 

 cilis, Desm. Mamm. 539. Prionodon Gracilis, Horsf. Zool. 

 Java, VII. 



Lesang. Hardwick. Delundung. Javanese. 



Icon. Hardw. Lin. Trans, xiii. t. 24. Horf Zool. Java. 

 I. t.2. 



Inhab. India and Java. Mus. Brit, from General Hard- 

 wick. 



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