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Viverricula, Hodgson. 



VlVERRICULA MALACCENSIS. 



Syn. — Viverra malaccensis, Gmelin. 



Viverra Rasse, Horsfield. 



Viverra Gunda, Buchanan Hamilton MSS. 



Viverra indica, Geoffroy. 



Viverra bengalensis, Gray : Illustr. 



Viverra pallida, Gray : Illustr. 



Genetta Manillensis, Eydoux. 

 Hab. — Malayan Peninsula. 



China, Philippine Islands, Java, Singapore, Cochin- China, Tenas- 

 serim Provinces, Bengal, Nipal, Hindoostan, Dukhun, Bombay. 

 On the Malayan Peninsula this species appears to be more numerous 

 than V. Zibet ha ; less so than V. Tungalunga, and in size inferior to 

 either. The largest observed was three feet four inches in length, of 

 which the tail one foot three and a half inches. In a male, measuring 

 from the apex of the nose to the root of the tail, two feet and three- 

 fourth of an inch, the tail one foot one inch, the dimensions of the 

 intestinal canal were : 



Small Intestines, . . . . . . 4 feet inch. 



Large ditto, . . . . . . „ 8 „ 



Caecum,.. .. .. .. ,, Of ,, 



The three preceding species have the following characters in com- 

 mon — The pupil is vertical, oblong ; the iris of a rich brown. They are 

 arboreal as well as terrestrial, preying upon the smaller quadrupeds, 

 birds, fish, Crustacea, insects and fruit. Naturally very fierce, they are 

 scarcely reclaimable except in youth, but with age the original disposi- 

 tion returns. Their voice is peculiar, hoarse and hissing. 



Gen. — Prionodon, Horsfield. 

 Prionodon gracilis, Horsfield. 



Syn. — Viverra ? Linsang, Hardwicke. 

 Felis gracilis, Horsfield. 

 Viverra Hardwicke, Lesson. 

 Viverra gracilis, Desmarest, apud Schinz. 

 Linsang gracilis, Miiller, apud Gray : List, and Schinz. 



