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colours ; the serrated, flattened false molars ; the soles, hairy between and 

 under the toes, and slightly in the centre ; the somewhat removed thumb, 

 are characters by which this animal differs from Paradoxurus, and forms 

 a link between that genus and Prionodon in the same manner that 

 Viverricula connects Viverra to Prionodon. The largest male observed 

 measured from the apex of the nose to the root of the tail two feet ; the 

 tail one foot and four inches. 



Gen.— Cynogale, Gray. 



Cynogale Bennettii, Gray. 



Syn. — Viverra (Limictis) carcharias, Blainville. 



Potamophilus barbatus, Kuhl. 



Cynogale barbata, Schinz. 

 Hab. — Malayan Peninsula. 



Sumatra, Borneo. 

 The very young, of which two individuals, a male and a female, were 

 found with the mother, differ from the adult in having a very soft, silky, 

 dense fur, mixed with longer hairs, which are black, except on the 

 chest and abdomen, where the apex is silvery. Over the tarsus and on 

 the upper surface of the feet some of the hairs have a subterminal white 

 band, close to the black apex. The posterior margin of the ear is hairy 

 and of a silvery colour. This animal appears to be of rare occurrence 

 on the Malayan Peninsula, and the natives are consequently not ac- 

 quainted with it. The largest male examined measured from the apex 

 of the nose to the root of the tail two feet three inches ; the tail eight 

 inches; 



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