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DR. J. ANDERSON ON THE MAMMALS 



Nias lias been noticed during the present year by the Marquis 

 Doria*. 



Order CAENIVOEA. 

 Family FELiDiE. 



Felis tigris, Linn. 



1 adult $ , Taing, King Island. 



Tip of nose to vent 5 feet 4*30 inches ; length of tail 2 feet 

 4*50 inches. 



Family Vive r rid m. 



Paradoxurus hermaphroditus, Pallas; Blanford, Fauna of 

 Brit. Lnd. <Sfc, Mammalia (1888), p. 108. 

 1 2 and a d and King Island t. 



One of these females had the following dimensions in life : — 



inches. 



Tip of nose to vent 22 



Length of tail 18 



„ „ hind foot 3 



Tip of nose to eye , 170 



Eye to ear 130 



This individual was so dark- coloured, that when describing it 

 immediately after death it was entered in my notes as black ; but 

 wince then (1882) the fur has assumed a distinct brownish 

 tinge. 



The penis of this species is densely covered with small recurved 

 spines. 



Arctooale leucotis, Blyth ; Blanford, I. c. p. 115. 

 1 $ , King Island. 



The dimensions of the living animal were as follows: — 



inches. 



Tip of nose to vent 19 



Length of tail 21 



„ hind foot 3*25 



Tip of noso to eye 1'70 



Eye to car 1'30 



* Annali del Mus. Civ. di Storia Nat. di Geneva, 1889. 

 t Thefe are the ipecimem mentioned l»y Mr. Blanford, 1'roc. Zool. »So<-. 

 Lond, 1885, \>. 701. 



