18 PRIMATES, CARNIVORES AND UNGULATES 



Key to the Species. 



A. Dark and light rings on tail complete and separate ; 



sides of body indistinctly marbled ... V. ZIBETHA. 



B. Dark and light bars on tail incomplete and joined 



above; sides of body distinctly spotted. 



a. Dark bars on tail less than ten ; spots on sides 



large and not numerous ... V. MEGASPILA. 



h. Dark bars on tail more than ten ; spots on sides 



small and very numerous ... V. TANGALUNGA. 



19. ViVERRA ZIBETHA, Linn. The Large Indian Civet. 

 Blanford, p. 96. 



Malay name " Musang jibet." 



Ground colour grey or buffy grey, with indistinct dark 

 marblings on the sides tending to form stripes on shoulders and 

 thighs; feet dark. Head greyish, sides of muzzle white. Neck 

 and chest boldly patterned with black and pale buff ; black 

 stripes down the centre of the back to the rump. Tail more 

 than half the length of head and body, ringed blackish and pale, 

 the dark rings, six or seven in number, broadest. Head and 

 body about 32 inches, tail 16 inches. 



Throughout the Peninsula, Singapore and Penang. 



20.* ViVERRA MEGASPILA, Blvth. The Burmese Civet 

 Blanford, p. 99. 



Malay name " Musang jibet." 



General colour greyish or brownish buff; a black median 

 line down the back and tail ; sides with large blackish spots 

 (about 20 mm. in diameter) except en shoulders which are 

 brown and slightly striped. Head greyish, sides of muzzle 

 white. Sides of chest and neck boldly marked blackish and 

 pale buff. Lower legs and feet dark. Tail less than half the 

 length of head and body, terminal portion entirely blackish, 

 basal portion like body, with three or four dark semi-rings. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



