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Bdgdos and Pudo-gaula, in some parts. — Bhr&n in the Nepal Terai, and 

 Nit hiralu in Nepal. — Rung, Bhot. — Saphiong, Lepch. The Zibet of Shaw. 



The Large Civet-cat. 



Descr. — More or less yellow-gray, or hoary gray, with black spots and 

 stripes ; throat white, with a broad transverse band ; another on the side 

 of the neck on each side, showing four alternating black and white bands ; 

 beneath hoary white ; tail with six black rings ; limbs nearly black or sooty 

 brown. In some the body is nearly immaculate ; in others, marked with 

 numerous dark wavy bands ; mane distinct. 



Length, head and body, 33 to 36 inches; tail 13 to 20 (with the hair). 



This large civet-cat inhabits Bengal, extending northwards into Nepal 

 and Sikim, and into Cuttack, Orissa, and Central India on the south ; but 

 replaced on the Malabar coast by the next species. It also extends into 

 Assam, Burmah, Southern China, and parts of Malayana. It is perhaps the 

 large variety of V. rasse, indicated by Sykes as found in the country east 

 of the Ghats ; 28 inches long, with more ferruginous in its tint, and the 

 black lines on the neck more marked. It is said to frequent brushwood 

 and grass ; also the dense thorny scrub that usually covers the bunds of 

 tanks. It is very carnivorous, and destructive to poultry, game, &c., but 

 will also, it is said, eat fish, crabs and insects. It breeds in May and June, 

 and has usually four or five young. Hounds, and indeed all dogs, are 

 greatly excited by the scent of this civet, and will leave any other scent 

 for it. It will take readily to water if hard pressed. 



The drug called civet is produced from the subcaudal gland of this 

 animal, which is 2^ inches in diameter. In some parts the drug is col- 

 lected periodically from animals kept for this purpose. 



120. Viverra civettina. 



Blyth, Cat. 140. — V. zibetha, a,]^ni Waterhouse, Cat. Mus. Zool. Soc. 



The Malabar Civet-cat. 



Descr. — " Like the African V. civetta, but the mane commences between 

 the shoulders instead of from between the ears." Dusky gray with large 

 transverse dark marks on back and sides ; two obliquely transverse dark 

 lines on the neck, which, with the throat, is white ; a dark mark on 



