OF THE PENINSULAR REGION. 25 



mens in the Perak Museum from Larut and Kuala Kangsar 

 appear referable to this species but the feet, ears and tail tip 

 are russet rather than blackish : this difference is probably due 

 to fading. 



Genus ARCTOGALIDIA. 



The Arctogales or Small-toothed Palm -Civets are in every 

 way less robustly formed than the animals of the preceding 

 genus: the teeth being notably smaller. There is no bald tract 

 on the abdomen but the soles are naked to a greater extent and 

 the first toe of both fore and hind feet is more divergent. The 

 tail is semi-prehensile and in habit the animals are purely 

 arboreal. 



Key to the Species. 



A. Back indistinctly striped, ears tipped whitish. A. LEUCOTIS. 



B. Back clearly striped, ears black. ... A. MAJOR. 



31.* Arctogalidia LEUCOTIS (Blyth). The White-eared 

 Small-toothed Palm-Civet. Blanford, p. 115. 

 Malay name " Musang akar." 



General colour above fulvous to dusky grey, sometimes 

 brown ; dull buffy below, always much paler. Three black 

 stripes along the back, often broken or very indistinct. Sides 

 of neck pale like lower parts : face, feet and end of tail dark 

 brown or black. A narrow white line down -the front of face 

 to nose. Tips of ears whitish/ Fur very soft. Head and body 

 about 21 inches. 



The Peninsula but range uncertain. Langkawi Id. 



32.* ARCTOGALIDIA major, Miller. The Black-eared Small- 

 toothed Palm-Civet. Miller, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- 

 ton, 1906, p. 25. 



General colour above light brown, the back silvery ; sides 

 of body, neck and legs washed with ochraceous-buff : below 



R. A. Soc, No. 53. 1909- 



