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color from Nipal, and P. maculosus from Tenasserim ; the head and 
body of the latter measuring from 18 to 20 inches in length. 
Speaking of P. pardicolor, Mr. Hodgson observes that it is “equally 
at home on trees-and on the ground; it dwells and breeds in the 
hollows of decayed trees. It is not gregarious at all, and preys 
chiefly upon small birds, which it is wont to pounce upon from the 
Fia. 238.—The African Linsang (Poiana potnsis). From Mivart, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1882, p. 160. 
cover of the grass. The times of breeding are said to be February 
and August, and the litter to consist of two young, there being urp 
litters each year.” 
Poiana.1—This African genus, represented solely by one species, 
P. potnsis (Fig. 238), from Fernando Po, is very closely allied to 
the preceding, but the spots are smaller, and show no tendency to 
run into transverse bands or stripes, except in the region of the 
head and shoulder; while the sole of the foot has a narrow bald 
band running up towards the tarsus, as in Genetta. The length 
1 Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 520. 
