166 CARNIVORA.
VIVERRIDiE.
Genus V iv e r r ic u l a , H o d g so n .
* V iv e r r i c u l a m a l a c c e n s i s , Gmelin.
Civette de Malacca, Sonnerat, Voy. Ind. Orient. 1782, vol. ii. p. 144, pi. xci.
Viverra malaccensis, Gmelin, Linn. Syst. Nat. voi. i. 1788, p. 92; Gray, Cat. Mamin. B. M. 1843,
p. 48 ; Jerdon, Mamm. Ind. 1867, p. 122.
Viverra indica, Geoffr. Collect. duMus. ; Desmarest, Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. voi. vii. p. 170;
Mammal. 1820, p. 210; F. Cuv. Diet, des Se. Nat; voi. xviii. p. 322; Desmoulins, Diet.
Class d’Hist. Nat. voi. iv. p. 176; Fischer, Syn. Mamm. 1829, p. 171; Sykes, Proc. Zool. Soc.
1831, p. 101 ; Elliot, Madr. Joum. Lit. and Se. voi. x. 1839, p. 102.
Genetta ìndica, Lesson, Man. de Mamm. 1827, p. 174.
Viverra bengalensis, Gray and Hardwicke, IH. Ind. Zool. voi. i. 1882, pi. iv.
Viverra rosse, Horsfield, Resch. Zool. Java (piate) ; Proe. Zool. Soc. 1382, p. 28 ; E. Ind. Co.
Mus. 1851, p. 59, Wagner, Schreber, Saugeth. Suppl. voi. ii. 1841, p. 284, piate cxiiiA;
Gray, Cat. Mamm. B. M. 1843, p. 48; Schinz, Syn. Mamm. voi. i. 1844, p. 862.
Viverra pallida, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1832, p. 68; 1864, p. 514; 111. Ind. Zool. vol."ii. pi. vi.
Viverricula indica, Hodgson, Joum. As. Soc. Bengal, vol. x. 1841, p. 909; Horsfield, Cat.
Mamm. E. Ind. Co. Mns. 1851, p. 58.
Viverricula malaccensis, Cantor, Joum. As. Soc. Bengal, vol. xv. 1846, p. 199 ; Blyth, Cat.
Mamm. As. Soc. Mus. Bengal, 1868, p. 45; Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 518; Cat. Carniv.
etc. B. M. 1869, p. 47.
In the one specimen procured at Bhamó there aire only seven dorsal lines, hut the
external lines are not very distinct, and each consists of a chain of spots, Six lines
commence behind the shoulder, hut the two central lines soon unite, so that the
number is reduced to five, the outer linear arrangements of spots only commencing
about the middle of the flanks on which the spotting is very distinct. The fur generally
has a warm rufous tinge, and the specimen in its general character corresponds
to the V. rosse of Horsfield. The barring of the tail with brown and yellowish-white
is very distinct, and ten brown bars may be detected, becoming narrower and more
indistinét as they are traced backwards, the tip being white, tinged with yellowish,
a colour which is rather marked on the upper surface of the tail generally.
Inches.
Length of body . . . . , . , . . . . 2 0
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This species is not at all uncommon in Upper Burma and in the Kakhyen
hills.
Genus P r io n o d o n , Horsfield.
* P r io n o d o n p a r d ic o l o r , Hodgson.
Prionodon pardicolor, Hodgson, Cai. Joum. Nat. Hist. 1841, vol. ii. p. 87, pi. ii. figs. 8 to 6 ; Horsfield,
Cat. Mamm. E. Ind. Co. Mus. 1851, p. 5 2 ; Blyth, Cat. Mamm. As. Soc. Mus. Bengal,
1863, p. 46 ; Jerdon, Mamm. Ind. 1867, p. 124.
Lingsang pardicolor, Gray, Cat. Mamm. B. M. 1848, p. 49, et Cat. Camiv. etc. B. M. 1869, p. 58.
Viverra perdicator, Schinz, Syn. Mamm. 1844, vol. i, p. 866.
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I obtained a skin of this remarkable animal in the Kakhy*en hills, where it
appears to be as rare as it is in the Himalaya. I t is very seldom seen or captured by
the natives. I have no information to communicate regarding its habits, which are
but little known.
The allied species, P . gracilis, Horsfield, occurs in Tenasserim and Malacca, and
Dr. Horsfield' records it from Sumatra, Siam, and Java; in the British Museum
there are two specimens from Borneo.
The skulls, as remarked by Dr. Gray, are very much alike, but that of P. gracilis
is distinguished by the greater length and breadth of the hinder part of its
palate; as far back as the pterygoids, and by its broader muzzle.