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MAMMALIA. 



Paradoxurus trivirgata, apui Blyih Cat. no. 150, p. 47 (1863). 



Arctogale trivirgata. Gray P. Z. S., p. 543 (1864) ; id. Cat. Cam. Mamm., 



p. 75. 

 Paradoxurus prehensilis, apud P. L. Sclater P. Z, S., p. 681, pi. Ixxi (1877). 

 Arctogale leucotis, Blanford P. Z. S., p. 789 (1885) ; 'Thomas P. Z. S., 1886, 



p. 73; Blanford Mammals, p. 115 ; Anderson y. Linn. Soc, xxi, p. 338. 



Small Palm Civet ; Na-zwet-phyoo, Arakan ; Kyoung-na-ga 

 in Tenasserim, Kyoung-na-rwek-phyoo, Burmese. 

 . Distribution. — Sikkim, Arakan, Burma, Malay Peninsula, Suma- 

 tra and Borneo. 



There has been some confusion with regard to the species of 

 Arctogale which, according to Blanford (P. Z. S., 1885, p. 789), are 

 two in number, Arctogale trivirgata, Gray, confined to Java, and 

 Arctogale leucotis, Horsf. (=A. stigmatious of Temminck), found 

 in the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra and stretching up through 

 Arakan to Darjeeling, whence there is a skin in the Museum " a " 

 which is probably referable to this species though, in the absence 

 of the skull, it is not possible to njake an authoritative assertion. 



The specimens "f," "g" and "h" were all identified by Blyth 

 as A. trivirgata, of these " g " and " h " seem to accord better with 

 A. leucotis and have been re-named so; the third "f" is from 

 Malacca and is larger and of a darker colour, and wants the black 

 patch at the base of the ear, so that it is poss'ble that it will turn 

 out to be a new species. 



Dr. Stewart 1856, A. S. B. 

 Museum Collector, 1873. 

 No history. 



F. Skipwith, 184s, A. S. B. 

 Sir A. Phayre, 1846, A. S. B. 

 Rev. F. T. Lindstedt. 1846, 



A. S.B. 

 Zoological Gardens, 1878. 

 . Rev. F. T. Lindstedt, 1847, 

 A. S. B. 

 No history, A. S. B. 

 Zoological Gardens. 

 Mergui, J. Anderson. 



Genus PARADOXURUS. 



Paradoxurus, F. Cuvier Hist. Nat. Mamm. livr. xxiv (1821). Type, P. niger. 

 Paguma, Gray P. Z. S., p. 95 (1831). Type, P. larvatus. 

 Platyschista, Otio Nova Acta Acad. Leap. Caro., xvii, p. 1089 (1835). 

 Type, P. hermaphroditus. 



Key of the Indian Species. 



a. The bony palate extends less than -25 inches behind the posterior 

 molars ; vibrissae in general dark coloured. 



