200 Catalogue of Mammalia inhabiting [No. 171. 



Hab. — Malayan Peninsula. 



Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Siam. 



The ground colour is buff, and the dark marks are of a deep snuff 

 colour, inclining to black with purple reflection. Length from the apex 

 of the nose to the root of the tail : one foot six inches, the tail one foot 

 three six-eighth inches. 



Mr. Rappa, for many years a dealer in objects of natural history 

 at Malacca, who previously had been supplied with a figure and descrip- 

 tion of Prionodon gracilis, reported in a memorandum accompanying the 

 specimen, that it had been captured in the jungle at some distance from 

 Malacca. It was unknown to himself and to the natives. At first the 

 animal was fierce and impatient of confinement, but by degrees it became 

 very gentle and playful, and when subsequently suffered to leave the 

 cage, it went in search of sparrows and other small birds, displaying 

 great dexterity and unerring aim in stealthily leaping upon them. Fruit 

 of every description it refused. Another younger individual was cap- 

 tured about the same time, but contrived to make its escape. 



Gen. — Paradoxurus, Fred. Cuvier. 



Paguma, Gray. 



Paguma leucomystax, Gray : List ? 



Syn. — Paradoxurus leucomystax, Gray ? 



Amblyodon auratus, Jourdan ? 



" Musang bulan" of the Malays of the Peninsula. 

 Hab. — Malayan Peninsula. 



Singapore, Sumatra. 

 In a single individual observed, the hairs of the body, limbs and an- 

 terior third of the tail, are greyish-yellow at the base, next bright rust- 

 coloured, with the apex shining black, which produces a mixture of 

 ferruginous and black, the latter prevailing on the nape of the neck, mid- 

 dle line of the back, and the anterior third of the tail. The hairs of the 

 vertex and the ridge of the nose are dark at the base, with yellowish 

 points. The large oblique whitish spot in front of the ear, produced by 

 uniformly whitish hairs, is on either side blended with the whitish 

 vertex and ridge of the nose, and is continued down the sides of the 

 neck, forming a large broad arrow-shaped mark. The orbits are 

 dark brown, the face, lips and throat pale brown. The long rigid white 



