1900.] MAMMALS OE SIAM A*I> ME MALAT PENlNStJLA. 33l 



Kuala Lumpor, and is said to be common in Selangor. In the 

 Baffles Museum is a specimen from Malacca. 



Mr. Ridley has kept for some years a very fine male Binturong 

 alive, chained to a tree in his garden at Singapore : it is not of a 

 gentle disposition ; but a full-grown female belonging to Mr. A. 11 . 

 B. Dennys, of Penang, is perfectly tame and delights in being 

 petted. 



Distribution. Assam, Burma, Siam, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, 

 Banka, Java, Borneo. 



37. Cyxogale bennexti Gray. The Otter-Civet. 



Cantor (p. 33) says : " This animal appears to be of rare occur- 

 rence on the Malayan Peninsula, and the natives are consequently 

 not acquainted with it." In the Raffles Museum there is a stuffed 

 animal, supposed to be of this species, labelled " Malacca : 1689."' 



Distribution. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo. 



38. Herpestes auropunctatus (Hodgs.). The Small Indian 

 Mongoose. 



Herpestes auropunctatus, Blanf. Faun. Inch, Mamm. p. 121. 



Cantor (p. 34) obtained a single specimen in the Malay Penin- 

 sula, which Blanford says was " possibly introduced." 



Distribution. South Persia, Afghanistan, Baluchistan, Northern 

 India, Lower Bengal, Assam, Cbittagong, Upper Burma, and 

 (possibly) Malay Peninsula. 



39. Herpestes motjgo (G-mel.). The Common Indian Mon- 



Herpestes griseus, Cantor, p. 34. 



Herpestes mumjo, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 123. 



" Bambun" of the Malays (according to L. Wray). 



Cantor (p. 34) obtained a single specimen in the Malay Penin- 

 sula, which Blanford says " may very probably have been im- 

 ported.'* 



In the Museum at Taiping there are two specimens unlabelled. 

 In the Museum at Kuala Lumpor there is one caught 4 miles 

 from that place. Once in 1895 I saw a wild Mongoose near 

 "Alma" Estate in Province Wellesley which appeared to be of this 

 species ; but 1 have been told that at one time mongooses were 

 imported from India by the planters and turned loose in the 

 Province, but when, and how many, and on which estates I do not 

 know. 



Distribution. Afghanistan, India, Ceylon, Malay Peninsula ; 

 introduced in Jamaica and other "West Indian islands. 



40. Herpestes urva (Hodgs.). The Crab-eating Mongoose. 

 Herpestes urva, Blanf. Pauii. Ind., Mamm. p. 129. 

 " Hen-paaraa " of the Siamese. 



