62 vivekeidjE. 



The following table may facilitate the determination of the species 

 in the Museum from their external appearance : — 



a. Fur thick, very hairy, rigid, not striped, without any spots 



under the eyes. Paguma leucomystax. 



b. Fur very thick, long, with longer rigid hairs, not striped or 



spotted, hut with a spot under the eye. Paguma Grayi, Pa- 

 radoxurus bondar. 



c. Fur thick, soft, with longer rigid hairs, with a spot under tJie 



eye. Paradoxurus hermaphroditus. 



d. Fhir very thidc, close, soft, of nearly uniform length, with a 



spot under the eyes; cheeJc. whitish, with small dark spots. 

 Paradoxurus Crossii, Paguma larvata, Paradoxurus philip- 

 pensis, P. nigrifrous, P. musanga, and P. dubius {cheek 

 dark). 



e. Fur soft; back striped; with no spots under the eyes or on 



the face. Arotogale trivirgata. 



f. Fur soft, thick, close ; hack spotted ; with two yellow spots on 



the shoulder. Nandinia binotata. 



g. Far very soft, of a uniform colour, with no spot under the eye 



or on the face. Paradoxurus zeylanicus. 



10. NANDimA. 



Nose conical; underside flat, with a distinct central groove. 

 Prenum covered with hair (?). Nose of skull compressed, produced. 

 The brain-case rather constricted in front behind the orbit. The 

 orbit incomplete, with a well-marked acute process from the fore- 

 head, and none from the zygomatic arch behind. The forehead flat, 

 rhombic; produced, angular behind the orbit. Palate wide behind. 

 Teeth 40 ; false grinders -f . f ; flesh-tooth elongate, narrow, 

 with a small internal lobe on the front edge ; the hinder tubercular 

 very small, circular. 



The skull is figured by De Blainville (Osteogr., Viverra, t. 6) as 

 that of Paradoxurus ? Hamiltonii. 



Nandinia, Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 529. 



Nandinia binotata. (Nandine.) B.M. 



Nape with three black parallel streaks, one from the forehead, 

 the other from the ears. Back with numerous black spots. Withers 

 each with a yeUow spot. Lips, throat, and beneath rufous grey. 

 Legs grizzled, not spotted. Tail elongate, tapering, with many 

 narrow black rings; end blackish. Length 23 inches, tail 19 

 inches. 



Nandinia binotata, Gray, Cat. Mamm. S. M. p. 64 : P. ^ S 1864 



p, 530. ■ '• 



Viverra binotata, Reimoardt, MS. ; Gray, Spic. Zool. p. 9. 



