OF THE PEXIXSCLUl REGION. 23 



Externally does not differ appreciably from P. hermaphro- 

 ditus typicus but has much larger teeth: the upper sectorial or 

 fourth molar being nearly one-third as large again (11 x 8 mm.) 



The Peninsula but exact range unknown. 



26. Paradoxurus (hermaphroditus) milleri, Kloss. 

 The Tioman Island Musang. Kloss, Jour. F. M. S. 

 Museums, Vol. II, p. 143. Paradoxurus hermaphro- 

 ditus, Miller, Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., 1900, p. 228. 



Smaller than P. hermaphroditus typicus, paler through- 

 out and with brown not black markings. General colour pale 

 silvery drab-grey, dorsal stripes practically obsolete : basal 

 half of tail above like back, distal portion blackish brown 

 throughout. Limbs brown. Head and body 20 inches. 



Tioman Island, Southern China Sea. 



27.* Paradoxurus xioer, Desm. The Indian Palm-Civet. 

 Blanford, p. 106 ; P.Z.S. 1885 p. 792. Flower, P. Z.S., 

 1900, p. 328. 



The Indian form of P. hermaphroditus. 



General colour blackish or brownish fulvous ; the hairs 

 having fulvous bases with black tips causing the whole pelage 

 to appear suffused with black. Black dorsal stripes indistinct 

 and often only visible in the form of spots. Feet, greater part 

 of legs and tail blackish, the latter sometimes tipped white. 

 Face generally black or blackish, a pale spot below eyes and 

 often another above and at roots of vibrissa?. Head and body 

 about 22 inches. 



The Peninsula ; Perak, Trang (Abbott) and possibly 

 northward to Tenasserim. Penang Id. (Flower). 



28.* Paradoxurus minor, Bonhote. The Small Palm Civet. 

 Bonhote, Fasciculi Malayenses, Zoology, p. 9. 



Malay name " Musang pulut." 



Above pale fulvous with live black stripes, the outer ones 

 broken ; flanks slightly spotted ; below dull brownish grey. 



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



