OF THE PENINSULAR REGION. 21 



21.* PRIOXODOX MACULOSUS, Blanford. The Malayan 

 Weasel-Civet. Blanford, p. 104. 



Malay name " Anga prau " or " Musang buah." 



Ground colour pale whitish brown. Across the back six 

 irregular dark brown patches bordered laterally by a broken 

 longitudinal stripe and by a row of spots of dark brown. Two 

 broad dark brown stripes on the nape, and a row of dark 

 irregular spots on the sides of the neck. Outer sides of limbs 

 spotted, inner sides and lower surface of body unmarked. Tail 

 with seven dark brown rings and a pale tip. Length of head 

 and body about 18 inches. 



The Peninsula, known southward to Malacca. 



(P. gracilis, a smaller species of similar colouration, 

 occurring in the Archipelago, has also been reported from the 

 Peninsula by Cantor. Blanford thinks however, from the 

 dimensions given, that his specimen was P. macidosas. 

 Photographs taken by myself of Sumatran animals collected in 

 Siak show- a similar colour pattern to that of mounted speci- 

 mens of P. maculosus in the Perak Museum). 



Genus Paradoxurus. 



The palm-civets are more numerous in the Peninsula than 

 any other species of the related genera. They are of medium 

 size and dull colouration; a large extent of the soles of the feet 

 is naked and there is a naked patch on the lower abdomen : the 

 claws are completely retractile. They are arboreal and 

 noctural and subsist on a mixed diet. The Malay name for the 

 genus is " Musang." 



Key to the Species. 



A. Body spotted or striped. 



a. Forehead with a distinct white cross-band; fur 

 greyish, smooth and equal, skull and teeth 

 robust. 



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



