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Sumatra in the want of the tuft, and in the colour of the 
face : lastly, we have received from Siam a monkey quite 
analogous to the Javanese variety of our Macaque, but 
the tail of which is a little longer than in the latter. 
Not having an opportunity of examining a complete series, 
I am doubtful whether the slight differences that exist 
between the individuals of the Civets (Viverra zibetha) of 
Java, of Sumatra, of Siam, of Borneo, and of Amboina, 
which I have seen, are constant or accidental. Similar 
reasons restrain me from announcing my observations on 
the Viverra Lisang, of which we possess specimens from 
Siam, Sumatra, and Java. The Paradoxurus typus is 
spread over Bengal, Siam, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Am- 
boina, Timor, &c., and forms, in those different places, 
numerous varieties, which are chiefly distinguishable by 
the tint and distribution of the colours, but sometimes also 
differ in size : in Sumatra, for example, the species is 
stronger than in Java ; in Java stronger than in Timor, 
&c. there appears to exist in several places a variety 
with a white tip to the tail ; and the individuals from 
certain parts of the Island of Java have a pale yellow fur, 
with three stripes down the back. The Sciurus bicolor 
has a fur less variegated with white in Sumatra and 
Malacca ; in Java and in Siam it has the back of an 
uniform blackish-brown. The Squirrel of Baffles has, 
in Malacca and Siam, the body variegated with very pure 
white : in the specimens from Borneo, on the contrary, 
this colour is constantly mingled with a darker tint. 
The numerous varieties of the Great Indian Squirrel 
(Sciurus maximus) which inhabits Bengal, Malacca, and 
Sumatra, are in a great measure accidental. I was never 
able to establish any specific distinction between the 
Tupajas of different parts of Asia, of which I have exa- 
mined a number of individuals brought from the continent 
of India, from Sumatra, from Borneo, and from Java ; 
The series of specimens of this species which is exhibited in the 
galleries of the Museum of the Low Countries, alone presents a special 
object of study, and points out to us what materials are required for 
giving a complete idea of a single species, when we desire to know 
more than the name, and the principal distinctive characters. 
