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whiskers are mixed with a few shorter black bristles. The feet are 

 dark brown, the posterior two-thirds of the tail uniformly black. The 

 lower surface and the inner side of the extremities are pale ferrugi- 

 nous. From the apex of the nose to the root of the tail : two feet three 

 inches, the tail one foot eight inches. 



Paguma trivirgata, Gray : List. 



Syn. — Viverra trivirgata, Reinwardt, Mus. Leyd. 



Paradoxurus trivirgatus, Gray. 



" Musang akar" of the Malays of the Peninsula. 

 Hab. — Malayan Peninsula. 



Singapore, Tenasserim. 

 The ground colour varies from yellowish, or brownish, to blackish- 

 grey. Fur short, peculiarly soft, silky. The dorsal streaks are either 

 continued, undulated, (the central nearly always,) or composed of separate 

 black spots. Some individuals have a short white streak on the ridge of 

 the nose. The largest male measured from the apex of the nose to the 

 root of the tail, two feet two and a half inches ; the tail two feet three 

 inches. 



Pardoxurus Musanga, Gray. 



Syn. — Viverra hermaphrodita, Pallas, apud Schinz. 

 Viverra fasciata, Gmelin ? 

 Viverra Musanga, Marsden, Raffles. 

 Musang bulan, Raffles. 

 Viverra Musanga, Var. javanica, Horsfield. 

 Ichneumon prehensilis, Buchanan Halmilton MSS. 

 Platyschista hermaphrodita, Otto "] 

 Paradoxurus Pallasii, Gray j o i • 



Paradoxurus Crossii, Gray f a P ud Schmz - 



Paradoxurus dubius, Gray J 



Paradoxurus Musangoides, Gray. 



Paradoxurus typus, apud Schlegel. 



Paradoxurus felinus, Wagner, apud Schinz. 



" Musang" or " Musang Pandan," (when the tail is with white 

 point : " Musang Bungkwang,") of the Malays of the Penin- 

 sula. 

 Hab. — Pinang, Singapore, Malayan Peninsula. 



Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Timor. 



