VIVERRID.E 533 
established in the rafters of his own house in Tellicheri. It even 
occurs in large towns; I have known of one being caught in the 
middle of Calcutta.” ; 
-fretogale4—This genus—represented only by 4. trivirgata of 
Java, and 4. leucotis of Burma, Tenasserim, Sumatra, Java, etc.— 
is chiefly distinguished from Paradorurus by the extremely small 
size of the cheek-teeth 
(Fig. 239), which are 
often not in contact 
with one another; the 
upper carnassial being 
almost triangular in 
shape. Palate fre- 
quently convex longi- 
tudinally between the 
carnassials, and greatly 
produced behind the 
last molar, with a very 
narrow bony aperture 
of the posterior nares. 
The soles of the feet 
are still more naked 
than in Paradoxurus ; 
and the pollex and 
hallux are more diverg- 
ent. In A. leucotis the 
length of the head and 
body is 26°5 inches, and 
the tail 27 inches. In 
many specimens the 
three dorsal stripes are 
much less distinctly 
marked than in others, 
and tend to break up 
into spots; while the 
general coloration is Fic. 239.—Palatal aspect of the left side of the cranium 
considerably lighter. a eg se leucotis. a, ss opening i 
. 2 alisphenoid canal; 0, foramen ovale; ¢, carotid canal }. 
ie rE (From Mivart, Proc. Zool. Soc. 188, p. 165.) 
modifica 10n 0. e€ 
Paradoxure type, contains one species, H. herdwickci, from Borneo 
and Malacca, an elegant-looking animal, smaller and more slender 
than the Paradoxures, of light gray colour, with transverse broad 
dark bands across the back and loins; the proximal portion of the 
tail being ringed. The tarsus is hairy. The general cranial 
1 Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 542, ex Petero. 
? Jourdan, Comptes Rendus, vol. v. p. 442 (1837). Amended. 
