22 PRIMATES, CARNIVORES AND UNGULATES 



a Head and body more than 20 inches ; dorsal 

 stripes blackish and well defined. 



a Teeth normal, 4th upper cheek tooth 



not more than 9 mm. long P. HERMAPHRODITUS 



a Teeth very large, 4th upper cheek tooth 



more than 10 mm. long P. (h.) MACRODUS. 



b l Head and body not more than 20 inches, 



dorsal markings brown and obsolete P. (h.) MILLERI. 



b. Forehead only slightly grizzled, fur yellowish, 



skull and teeth slight ... ... P. MINOR. 



c. Forehead witli no trace of a pale band ; fur 



blackish, ragged and long ... .. P. NIGER. 



B. Body not spotted nor striped. 



</. Colour reddish brown ... P. LEUCOMYSTAX. 



b. Colour dull buff ... ... P. (l.) ROBUSTUS. 



25. Paradoxurus hermaphrodites, Pallas. The Malayan 

 Palm-Civet. Blanford, p. 108 ; P. Z. S., 1885, p. 794. 



Malay name " Musang pandan " or " Musang ayam." 



: General colour brownish grey : back usually witli three 

 blackish stripes bordered laterally by indistinct rows of spots. 

 Feet and tail blackish, tail sometimes tipped white. A broad 

 pale band across the forehead running below the ears to sides 

 of neck, sometimes a black stripe crossing this band above the 

 nose. Top and sides of face blackish, muzzle pale, a white spot 

 occasionally below the eyes. Under surface paler, unmarked, 

 palest round the bare abdominal patch. Head and body about 

 22 inches. 



Throughout the Peninsula and Islands (except Tioman) 

 where it is the commonest musang. 



25a.* Paradoxurus hermaphroditus macrodus, Gray. 

 The Large-toothed Palm-Civet. Grav, Cat. Mamm. 

 Brit. Mus., 1869, p. 70. Blanford, P. Z. S., 1885, p. 801. 

 Sclater, Cat. Mamm. Ind., Mus., Vol. II. p. 246. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



