12. PAGT7MA. 



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gnnder has a well-marked cingiUum and a rudimentary lobe on the 

 inner side. The flesh-tooth is very massive, with four large and two 



Figs. 10 & ll.^-SkuU of Paradoxurus macrodus. 



smaU cones ; the inner lobe occupies more than half the inner part 

 of the tooth, with two unequal cones, the front one being nearly as 

 large as the middle one on the outer side. The front tubercular 

 very large, oblong, with nearly equal sides and large tubercles ; the 

 hinder upper tubercular much smaller, circular. Length of skuU 

 4" 4'", of nose 1" 6'" ; width of brain-ease 1" 5'", of zygoma 2" 3'". 

 Paradoxurus macrodus, Grai/, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 638. 



Hab. ? 



12. PAGUMA. 



Nose flat beneath, with a central longitudinal groove. Pupil 

 linear, erect. The skull broad, short. Brain-case broad between 

 the orbits, only moderately constricted in front ; forehead triangular 

 behind, extending beyond the back edge of the orbits. The orbit 

 very incomplete, with a very short acute prominence above behind, 

 and none on the zygomatic arch below ; hinder part of palate broad, 

 with a very slight notch on each side of its front edge ; the front of 

 the palate broad, about as wide as three-fourths of its length. Teeth 

 small or moderate ; flesh-tooth triangular, the front edge about as 

 broad as long on the outer edge ; the front tubercular oblong, inner 

 edge shorter, rounded. 



Paguma, Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 9, 1831 ; Proc. Zool. Soc. i. p. 95, 1881 : 



ii. p. 65, 1832 ; 1864, p. 539. 

 ? Amblyodon, Jourdan, Compt. Rend. 1837. 



The skull of this genus is easily known by the distinct forehead, 

 the edge of the temporal muscles even in the oldest specimen leaving 

 a plane triangular space over the back of the eyes. 



This genus was first established on an animal that had not com- 

 pletely shed its teeth ; but the examination of the adult skuU has 

 justified the separation. 



