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28. Viverricula malaccexsis (Gmel.). The Small Indian 

 Civet. 



Viverricula malaccensis, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Marom. p. LOO. 



■'Cha-moot " of the Siamese. 



There were in the Museum at Bangkok five specimens from 

 Siam. 



Cantor (p. 29) says : " On the Malayan Peninsula this species 

 appears to be more numerous than V. zibetha ; less so than 

 V. tanyalunga " (i. e. V. megaspild). 



Ridley (Xat. Science, vol. \i. 1S95, p. 92) gives a long and 

 interesting account of '* Pwerra malaceeruis, the Musang"; with 

 all due deference to his knowledge and experience, I would 

 suggest that he is referring to (or at any rate has included uuder 

 that name) some species of Paradoxurug. 



Mr. J. L. Bonhote (A. & M. N. H. 7th series, vol. i. p. 120, 

 1898) writes : " Specimens from the Malay Peninsula representing 

 the original V. malaeeensis may be distinguished by having only 

 seven dark rings on the tail instead of eight as in all other 

 specimens, the tip being pure white." 



Distribution. India, Ceylon, Assam, Burma, Southern China, 

 Siam, Malay Peninsula, Java, Philippines, Socotra, Comoro Islands, 

 Madagascar (probably introduced). 



29. Prioxodon gbacilis Horsfield. The Graceful Tiger-Civet. 



Cantor (op. cit. p. 29) records this species from Malacca ; of 

 which Blanford (Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 105) says : "It was also 

 reported from Malacca by Cantor (I. A. S. B. xv. p. 199); but, 

 judging by the dimensions given, it is not improbable that the 

 species obtained by him was P. maculosus." 



In the Museum at Taiping are three stuffed Tiger-civets from 

 Larut, Perak ; they agree in -aze and description with P. pardicolor 

 ( Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 103), but the spots tend to form broad 

 longitudinal bands. In the Museum at Kuala Lumpor there is 

 a Tiger-civet from Selangor, taken at about 5 miles from Kuala 

 Lumpor ; it seemed to me to be of the same species as the speci- 

 mens at Taiping. 



Distribution. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Bauka, Borneo, Java. 



30. Paradoxurus >~iger (Desm.). The Indian Palm-Civet. 

 Pardo.rum.s niger. Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 106. 



I include this species as an inhabitant of the Malay Peninsula on 

 account of two specimens. 



1st. One in the Museum at Taiping from larut, Perak. It is 

 very dark in colour, has no pale band on forehead, and the end of 

 the tail white. It is labelled by Mr. Wray " P. maerodus, Gray." 



2nd. One that I saw in Penang was taken alive to England and 

 presented to this Society : it was identified in London as P. niger. 



Distribution. Tndia, Ceylon, and (apparently) the Malay Pen- 

 insula. 



