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MAMMALIA. 



Paradoxurus felinus, Wagner Schreb. Sdugeth. Suppl., ii., p. 349 (1841). 

 Paradoxurus nigrifrons, Cray List Mamm. B. M., p. 55 (1843). 

 Paradoxurus setosus, Pucheran Hombr. et facq. Voy. au P6le Sud Zool^ 



iii, p. 25, pi. vi (1853). , , o, , 



Paradoxurus fasciatus, Cray P. Z. S., p. 530 (1804). 



Var. B. — strictus. 



Paradoxurus strictus, Htrsfield Ann. Mag. N. H. (2), xvi, p. 105 (iSss)- 

 Paradoxurus quadriscriptus, Horsfield Ann. Mag. N. H, (2), xvi, p. 106 

 (i8ss) ; Gray Cat. Hodgs. Coll., 2nd ed., p. S- 



Var. C. — niger. 



Viverra niger, Desmarest Mamm., p. 208 (1820). 



Viverra bondar, Desmarest Mamm , p. 210 (1820). 



Paradoxurus typus, P. Cumer Hist. Nat. Mamm.livr. xxiv {1821) ; Sykes 



P. Z. S., 1831 , p. 102 ; Elliot Madr. Journ., x, p. 103 ; Horsfield Cat. E. I. 



Mus,, p. 60; Kelaart Prodr. Faun.Zeylan., p. 38. 

 Paradoxurus leucopus, Ogilby Zool. Journ., iv, p. 304 (1828). 

 Paradoxurus bondar, Gray P. Z. S., p. 66 (1832) ; id. Cat. Hodgs. Coll., ist ed., 



p. 10; Jerdon Mamm., p. 128. 

 Paradoxurus pennanti, Gray P. Z. S., p. 66 (1832). 

 Platyschista pallassi, Otto Nova Acta Acad. Leap. Caro., xvii, p. 1089 



(1835)- 

 Paradoxurus Taxtsutas, Hodgson As. Res., xix, p. 72 (1836) ; id. J. A. S. B., x, 



p. 909. 

 Paguma bondar, Horsfield Cat. Mamm. E. I. Mus., p. 68 (1851). 

 Paradoxurus hermaphroditus, apud Gray P. Z.S., p. 532 (1864). 

 Paradoxurus musanga, apud Blyth Cat. no. 148, p. 46 (1863) ; Jerdon Mamm., 



p. I2S [pt-] 

 Paradoxurus niger, Blanford P. Z. S., p. 792 (1885) ; Thomas P. Z. S., 1886. 

 p. SS; W. L. Sclater P. A. S. B., 1888, p. 125; Blanford Mammals, 

 p. ic6. 



The Toddy Cat or Palm Cat ; Lakati also Jharka kutta, Hindus- 

 tani ; Bhondor, Bengali ; Menuri, Deccan ; Ud, Mahrattas ; Kara 

 bek, Canarese ; Manu pilli (tree cat), Telegu ; Marra pilli, 

 Malayalim ; Oogoodova, Cingalese ; Kyoung woon bouk, Aiakan 

 and Burmese ; Jymabel (Walker), Assamese. 



Distribution. — The typical variety is found throughout Burma, 

 Siam, the Malay Peninsula, and the Islands of Sumatra, Borneo 

 and Java ; var. strictus seems to be confined to the Sikkim Terai 

 and Assam ; var. niger is found throughout India proper, from the 

 Himalayas southwards, including Ceylon, becoming rarer towards 

 the north-west and in the east in Lower Bengal, where it mixes 

 with the typical variety. 



Blanford in his monograph of the genus Paradoxurus (P. Z.' S., 

 1885, p. 780) divided the common toddy cat into two distinct 

 species ; it seems however more in accordance with the facts to 

 recognize the two species only as geographical races; since. 



