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#421 (419). Auditory bulla divided by a partition into two chambers, wall of 
posterior portion of bulla completely ossified. See #422. 
H22 (442). viVERRiDAE e ' Gray, 1821, London Med. Repos., v. 15, Apr. 1, 
301 [viVERiDAE — Civets, genets, and allies. Circumanal sac absent. 
Auditory bulla divided by a partition into two chambers, wall of posterior 
portion of bulla completely ossified, and the posterior surface applied to 
paroccipital process which projects downward; mastoid process relatively 
small. Scent-glands when present either entirely or partly perineal, never 
entirely abdominal in position. See #423. 
#433 (439) . Scent-gland present in one or both sexes. See #424. 
#424 (424a 24). Bulla without bony tubular meatus. See #425. 
#425 (429). PARADOXURiNAE Gill, 1872a, 4. — Oriental palm civets. Planti-. 
grade; claws retractile. Prepuce far in advance of scrotum, intervening 
area usually occupied by large simple scent-pouch; vulva surrounded by 
scent-gland. India to Philippines and Celebes. See #426. 
#426 (428). Ears not tufted; tail long, not prehensile; tarsus half naked behind. 
See #427. 
#427 (427a 25). Paradoxurus Cuv., 1821, Hist. nat. Mamm., Hvr. 24, Jan., 5, tod.. 
typus. — Asiatic palm-civets, paradoxures, toddy-cats, tree-cats. Roller, 
Rollmarder. Teeth large, 40: i. 3/3, c. 1/1, pm. 4/4, m. 2/2; blunt and 
rounded form of cusps of hinder pm. and m. teeth distinguishes this genus, 
from most members of family. Anal and preanal (in cf prescrotal) 
glands present; preanal glands discharge into a slight fold instead of into- 
a deep pouch, secretion has little or no scent of civet; preanal tract naked. 
Spots the chief type of marking. Body long. Head elongate, conical, 
pointed in front; pupil vertical; orbit very incomplete; nose flat, central 
groove beneath; ears small, rounded. Tail long, nonprehensile, can be 
rolled. Legs moderate; palms and soles almost entirely naked, joining the 
footpads without the intervention of any hairy space; claws completely 
retractile, small, sharp. Nocturnal and arboreal. Southeast Asia; Indo-^ 
Malayan archipelago to Philippines. 
Syns.: 
Paguma ^ Gray, 1831, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, pt. 1 (8), Aug. 5, 95, 
mt. larvata Ham. Smith & Gray, China; 
Platischista Trouess., 1897c, Catal. Mamm,, 329; 
Platyschista Otto, 1835, Nova Acta Leop., Halle, v. 17 (2), 1102, tod.. 
pallasii ° Otto, renaming of hermaphrodita Pall, in Schreb., 1777. 
» H2ia (424). galidictinae Mivart, 1882, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, Feb. 7, 143. — Madagascar mongooses.. 
Bony tubular meatus of bulla present; jaws short; teeth sectorial. Scent-gland restricted to 9 . Prepuce 
far in advance of scrotum. Anal pouch absent. Feet narrow with nonretractile claws. Contains Galidia,^ 
Galididis (syn. Galictish Geoffr., 1837) and Hemigalidia (syn. Salanoia). 
25 #437a (427). Arctogalidia Merriam, 1897, Sci., N. S., v. 5 (112), Feb. 19, 302, tod. Paradoxurus » trU 
virgatus Gray, from Moluccas.— Small toothed palm-civets. Extremely small and slightly separated 
molars; upper carnassial almost triangular; cheek teeth often not in contact with one ^pother. Naked 
preanal (prescrotal in c? ) tract absent; scent-gland absent in c? . Palate frequently convex longitudinally 
between carnassials, and greatly produced behind last molar; very narrow bony aperture of posterior 
nares; nose compressed, flat with central groove beneath. Soles of feet more naked than in Paradoxurus, 
pollex and hallux more divergent. Body longitudinally striped or with rows of spots; tail not ringed. 
Burma, Dutch E. Indies (Java, Sumatra), Malay Archipelago. 
Syn.: Arctogale ^ ° Peters in Gray, 1864, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 508, 642-54?, mt. Paguma trivirgata, 
Gray [not #513 Arctogale Kaup, 1829, mustelidae]. 
