No. 1626. MAMMALS FROM HASTERN SUMATRA—LYON. 655 
departed from in a large series from the Malay Peninsula. The last 
small upper molar is lacking in three of the skulls from Sumatra, but 
two of them are not fully adult and it looks as if a small tooth might 
have erupted in later life. Cat. No. 144107, U.S.N.M. from the Siak 
River, is the only one among numerous skulls examined that shows 
supernumerary teeth. Corresponding variations in the number of 
teeth do not occur in the lower jaw. The series of skins shows several 
variations in color or markings. Nearly all of the specimens have 
three well defined dorsal stripes. Several of them have another pair 
of stripes lateral to these, indicated by a row of spots placed more or 
less closely together. Two of the series are practically devoid of any 
laterally placed spots. The general ground color varies from an 
effect of hght grayish brown hke a light broccoli brown to a lght 
tawny olive. 
For measurements see table, page 656. 
PARADOXURUS PADANGUS, new species. 
Type.—Skin and skull of adult male, Cat. No. 148614, U.S.N.M., 
collected on Pulo Padang, east coast of Sumatra, April 1, 1906, by 
Dr. W. L. Abbott. Original number 4791. 
Diagnostic characters.—A member of the Paradoxvurus hermaphro- 
ditus group, most like P. brunnetpes Miller,t from Pulo Kundur, dif- 
fering from it chiefly in having bulle of the size found in P. herma- 
phroditus, that 1s, much larger. 
Color.—General body color very light grayish broccoli brown, with 
a slight buffy cast on lower back and thighs. On the underparts the 
grayish broccoli brown is much lighter than it 1s above. The back is 
marked by three seal brown or bistre stripes, well defined, though 
clearly made up of coalescing spots. On either side of these stripes 
is another ill-defined stripe, made up of spots coalescing only here 
and there. On the sides of the body and on the thighs are a few ir- 
regularly scattered spots. The tail is dull brownish throughout, 
similar in color to the spots on the back, except at the base, where it is 
colored and spotted as is the lower back, and at the extreme tip, which 
is soiled white or hght buffy in color. The feet and lower legs are an 
indefinite light brownish. 
Skull and teeth.—The skull is larger, heavier, and more angular 
than Paradoxurus skulls of similar age from Sumatra or the Malay 
Peninsula. The sagittal crest is remarkably well developed, more 
so than it is in any other Paradowurus skull in the U. S. National 
Museum. The skull of the type is not that of an aged adult, as 
judged by the relatively small amount of wear of the molar teeth and 
*Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XX XI, p. 269, September 11, 1906. 
