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Show 792 MR. W. T. BLANFORD ON THE [Nov. 3, dark stripes on the back (these are in a very few cases wanting), by the black or ashy colour of the head unbroken, except sometimes in the latter by a small white spot on the forehead or a narrow white streak down the nose. The small teeth and apparently the absence of a naked space around the preanal glands are also characteristic of the latter genus. 1. PARADOXURUS NIGER. Musk or Musky Weasel, Pennant, Hist. Quad. ed. 3, ii. p. 72(1793). Viverra nigra, Desm. Mam. p. 208 (1820). V. bondar, de Blainv., Desm. ib. p. 210. Martre des palmiers ou pougoune (Paradoxurus typus), F Cuv. Hist. Nat. Mam. pi. 186 (1821) ; Desm. Mam. Supp. p. 540. Paradoxurus leucopus, Ogilbv, Zool. Journ. iv. p. 304 (1828); Gray, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 67 ; Temm. Mon. Mam. ii. p. 338 ; Wagner, Schreb. Saugeth. Suppl. ii. p. 339; Schinz, Syn. Mam. i. p. 386 ; Giebel, Saugeth. p. 798. P. typus, Fischer, Syn. Mam. p. 158 (1829); Sykes, P.Z.S. 1831, p. 102 ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 65; List Sp. Mam. B. M. 1843, p. 56 ; Temm. Mon. Mam. ii. p. 315 ; Elliot, Madr. Jour. Lit. Sci. x. p. 103 (1839); Wagner, Schreb. Saugeth. Supp. ii. p. 342 (1841); Schinz, Syn. Mamm. i. p. 381 ; Horsfield, Cat. Mam. Mus. E. I. C. p. 60 (1851) ; De Blainv. Olographic, Viverra, p. 17, Atlas, pi. vii,; Kelaart, Prodr. Faun. Zeyl. p. 38 (1852); Giebel, Saugeth. p. 800 (1859). ? P. pennantii, Gray, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 66 ; Illustr. Ind. Zool. pi. 13. P. bondar, Gray, P.Z.S. 1832, p. 66; Illustr. Ind. Zool. ii. pi. 12; List Sp. Mam. B. M. 1843, p. 56; Cat. Hodgson's Coll. B. M. p. 10 (1846) ; id. ibid. ed. 2, p. 5 (1863); P. Z. S. 1864, p. 531 ; Cat. Cam. &c. Mam. B. M. 1869, p. 63; Temm. Mon. Mam. ii. p. 332, pi. 65. f. 4, 5, 6 ; Schinz, Syn. Mam. i. p. 384 ; Giebel, Saugeth. p. 799; Jerdon, Mam. Ind. p. 128. Platyschista pallasii, Otto, Nov. Act. Leop.-Car. xvii. p. 1089, pis. lxxii., lxxiii. (1835). Paradoxurus hirsutus, Hodgs. As. Res. xix. p. 72 (1836); J. A. S. B. x. p. 909 ; Calc. Journ. N. H. iv. p. 287 ; Wagner, Schreb. Saugeth. Supp. ii. p. 348. Paguma bondar, Horsf. Cat. Mam. Mus. E. I. C. p. 68 (1851). Viverra (Paradox.) hermaphrodita, De Blainv. Osteographie, Viverra, p. 96 (nee Pallas). P. hermaphroditus, Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 532; Cat. Cam. &c. Mam. B. M . 1869, p. 65 (nee Viverra hermaphrodita, Pallas). P. musanga, Blyth, Cat. Mam. Mus. A. S. p. 46, partim; Jerdon, Mam. Ind. p. 125, partim, nee V. musanga, Raffles. Tail nearly or quite as long as the head and body. Fur coarse and often long, some piles, especially on the back, long and ragged; underfill* short or wanting. In the skull the bony palate extends but little (not more usually than about one eighth of an inch) behind a line drawn through the |
