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Blanford gives 37 inches for the length of head and body, 

 but all Peninsular examples I have seen are considerably smaller 

 than the last species. 



The Peninsula. 



21.* Yiverea tangalunga, Grey. The Malayan Civet. 



Malay name " Tangelunga." 



General ground colour pale buff y-grey : a black median line 

 along the back and tail ; sides covered with rows of small 

 blackish spots which sometimes tend to form stripes ; under 

 surface much paler and scarcely spotted. Head buffygrey, 

 sides of muzzle white, a whitish patch below the eyes ; back of 

 ears with black bases and whitish tips ; chin dark ashy grey ; 

 feet and lower portion of limbs blackish ashy. 



Tail ringed black and buffy, there being about fifteen broken 

 or indistinct pale bars which almost disappear on the terminal 

 portion. Upper side of tail almost unbroken black, lower huffy. 

 Head and body about 25 inches, tail 15 inches. 



The Peninsula. The above description is taken from Perak 

 specimens but the range is unknown. 



(Bornean animals, which I have compared with local indi- 

 viduals, appear to differ slightly in having the pale tail bars 

 broader and more distinct but rather fewer). 



Genus Yiveeeicula. 



Contains animals smaller than those of the preceding genus 

 and more arboreal in habits. Nails more curved and the front 

 toes smaller. Tail ringed but no stiff crest along the back. 

 Only one species occurs here. 



22.* Yiveericula malaccensis, Gmel. The Smaller Civet. 

 Blanford, p. 100. Bonhote, A. M. N. H., 7, I, p. 119. 



Malay name " Musang bulan." 



General colour brownish grey to brownish yellow. Dark 

 stripes on the back and rows of dark spots along the sides 



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