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Mammals of Burma. l®°- l > 



Sub-fam. Pa:radoxue.in2e (Musangs). 



*46. Paeadoxtjeus geayi (J. 124). 

 Paradozurus grayi, Bennet, P. Z. S. 1835, p. 118. 

 Hill Musang. Inhabits the Arakan hills. 



*47. P. MTJSANGA (J. 123). 



Paradozurus mtatmga, F. Cuv., Mamm. Lith. ii. t. 55. Kyoung-woon-bank, Arakan. 

 Common Musang. As common as in the neighbouring countries. 



48. P. TRTVrEGATT/S. 



Paradozurus trivirgatus, Temm. Monagr. ii. t. 63, fig. 1 ; Kyowig-na-ga, Mason. 

 The three-streaked Musang inhabits Tenasserim provinces, Malayan 

 peninsula, Sumatra, and Java. 



*49. P. LETJCOTIS. 



Paradozurus leucotis, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxvii. p. 274 ; Horsfield's Catal. Mamm. 

 India House Mus., No. 66. Afo-zwet-phyoo, Arakan. 



The white-eared Musang inhabits Sylhet, Arakan, and Mergui.* 



*50. Aectictis bimtdrong (J. 126). 



Viverra binturong, Raffles, Trans. Lin. Soc. xiii. p. 263. Myouk-kya, or " Monkey- 

 tiger," Arakan. 



The Binturong inhabits the Mishmi hills, at the head of the valley 

 of Assam, and occurs southward to the Straits of Singapore, and is also 

 found in the islands of Sumatra and Java. Finlayson procured it in Siam. 



Fam. Herpestidse. 



Mungoose. 



*51. TTrva cajtcetvoea (J. 134). 

 TTrva oanorivora, Hodgson, J. A. S. B. vol. vi. p. 561. Mwai-ba, Arakan. 



The crab-eating Mungoose is found in Nipal, the Khasia hills, Arakan, 

 Pegu, ~N. Tenasserim, Vokien hills near Amoy (Swinhoe). It is the only 

 representative of the Mungoose group in British Burma. 



* The species found in the Andaman Islands appears to he identical with P. leucotis, 

 Blyth. It was, however, described as a new form by the late Lieut.-Col. Tytler, and 

 named after himself as P. tytlcri (J. A. S. B. 1864). 



