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*42. C. AIIEEUS. 



Canis aureus, Lin. ; Myae Ehwae (Mason). 



The Jackal is not uncommon at Akyab, and it has been shot in the 

 vicinity of Prome, and at Thyetmyo; but in Arakan it has not passed the 

 boundary of the JSTaf river. 



Fam. Viverridae* 



Sub-fam. Vivermn^ (Civets and Genets). 



*43. YlVEKEA ZIBETHA (J. 119). 



Viverra zibetha, Lin., S.N.T. 65 ; Kyoung-myen, Arakan. 



The Grey Civet is a widely diffused species, which, Mr. Swinhoe states, 

 inhabit China from Hongkong to Shanghai, as also the Chusan Archipelago, 

 and the island of Hainan. Dr. Cantor procured it in the Malayan peninsula, 

 Province "Wellesley; and it inhabits Arakan, and probably is extensively 

 diffused over the Indo-Chinese countries, as in Lower and Eastern Bengal, 

 and the Tarai at the foot of the Eastern Himalaya. 



*44. Y. MEGASPILA. 



Viverra megaspila y Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxxi. p. 331 ; V. zibetha, apud Waterhouse, 

 Cat. Zool. Soc. Mus. 1838, No. 252; V. tanggalunga, apud Cantor, J. A. S. B. xv. p. 197, 

 nee apud Gray. Khyoung-myen, Mason. 



Large-spotted Civet. Of the same size as V. zibetha, with the body- 

 markings large and black, and comparatively few in number, i.e. as com- 

 pared with V. civettina of Malabar. I have seen flat skins of this 

 animal from Prome, resembling those which Dr. Cantor procured in 

 Province Wellesley, and one brought from Sumatra by Sir T. S. Raffles, 

 which was formerly in the Museum of the Zoological Society in London. 

 It is nearly allied to V. civettina of S. Malabar, but very different from 

 V. tanggalunga, Gray, of the Malay countries, which is a much smaller 

 animal, with more cat-like tail, and the spots of which are much smaller 

 and more numerous. In the Philippine Islands it is probable that V. 

 tanggalunga should be regarded as an introduced species. 



^45. YlVEKBICULA MALACCEKSIS (J. 121). 



Viverra malaccensis, Gmelin, S.N. 92. Wa-young-kyoung-bank, Arakan. Kyoung- 

 ka-do, Mason. 



The Common Viverette. It is abundant in the Indo-Chinese countries, 

 as in India, S. China, and the Malayan peninsula and islands. There is a 

 nearly allied species in Madagascar. 



