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the nose to the root of the tail two feet eight and a half inches in length ; 

 the tail one foot, the intestinal canal was of the following dimensions : 

 Small Intestines, . . . . 6 feet 2 inches. 



Large, ditto, . . .. .. .. „ 10|- ,, 



Caecum, . . . . . . ,, 4 „ 



The latter intestine is spiral, much widened at the origin. 



Costae verse 8 pairs, spuriae 5 pairs =13 pairs. 



The Malays mention another, black wild dog (" Anjing titan etam,") 

 as also inhabiting the densest jungle. A Hyena is also reported to 

 occur on the Peninsula. 



Mongrel curs, " pariah dogs," of every description, infest every vil- 

 lage, but apparently not uninhabited places, nor localities far distant 

 from the dwellings of man. As they all may be said to be in a state of 

 half domestication, and are of forms very different from the wild dog, 

 which shuns the human presence, their origin cannot with certainty be 

 traced to the Malayan Peninsula. 



Gen. — Viverra, Linne*. 

 Viverra Zibetha, Linne. 



Syn. — Viverra undulata, Gray. 



Viverra melanurus, Hodgson "] 



Viverra orientalis, Hodgson I 



Viverra civettoides, Hodgson f A P ud Gra ? : Llst ' 



Undescribed Civet, McClelland J 



" Tanggallong" of the Malays of the Peninsula. 

 Hab. — Pinang, Singapore, Malayan Peninsula, 



Southern China, Siam, Bengal, Khasyah Hills, Nipal. 

 Judging by the comparatively few individuals observed in the Straits 

 of Malacca, this species would appear to be far less numerous, than the 

 following. Of several, the largest, which was a female, measured from 

 the apex of the nose to the root of the tail two feet and eight inches ; 

 the tail one foot eight and a half inches. 



Viverra Tangalunga, Gray. 



Syn. — Viverra Zibetha, Lin. apud Raffles. 

 " Tangalung," Raffles. 

 Viverra Zibetha, Lin. apud Horsfield. 



