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Show 1885.] GENUS PARADOXURUS. 805 Synonymy. The types of both P. grayi and P. nipalensis are the British Museum, and so is a specimen (skin and skull) of P. tytleri, which belonged, I believe, to one of Colonel Tytler's original specimens. The skull is rather smaller in size, but otherwise undi-stinguishable. The fur is thin, from the animal having been kept in confinement. The synonymy of P. grayi in Gray's Monograph (P. Z. S. 1864, p. 541) is I think erroneous. Neither P. bondar, Temm., P. leucopus, Ogilby, Amblyodon dore, Jourdan, nor to the best of my belief Paradoxurus auratus, De Blainville, belongs to this species. 8. PARADOXURUS LARVATUS. Gulo larvatus, Temrn.; Ham. Smith, Griffith's Cuv. An. King. ii. p. 281, with plate (1827). Viverra larvata, Gray, Spic. Zool. p. 9 (1830). Paguma larvata, Gray, P. Z S. 1831, p. 95 ; List Sp. Mam. B.M. 1843, p. 54 ; P. Z. S. '1864, p. 539 ; Cat. Cam. &c. Mam. B. M. 1869, p. 72; Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1862, p. 354, 1870, p. 630, 1872, p. 817. Paradoxurus larvatus, Gray, P.Z.S. 1832, p. 67; Illust. Ind. Zool. vol. ii. pi. 11 (1834); Temm. Mon. Mam. ii. p. 329, pi. 65. f. 1-3 ; Wagner, Schreb. Saugeth. Supp. ii. p. 351 (1841) ; Schinz, Syn. Mam. i. p. 384 (1844); Giebel, Saugeth. p. 798. Smaller than P. grayi, but otherwise very similar. Colour light brownish grey, the terminal portions of the tail and limbs, parts of the head, the neck and the back between the shoulders black or blackish, a broad white stripe down the middle of the forehead and nose, a white spot below the eye and another behind it, the two sometimes connected, all sharply defined against the remainder of the face, which is black. Dimensions. No trustworthy measurements of body and tail available. Skull about 4 inches long. Distribution. Southern China: Kwangtung and Fokien provinces, Hangchow, and Formosa. 9. PARADOXURUS LEUCOMYSTAX. Paradoxurus leucomystax, Gray, P. Z. S. 1836, p. 88 ; Charles-worth's Mag. Nat. Hist. i. p. 579 (1837); Temm. Mon. Mam. ii. p. 325, pi. 64. f. 4, 5, 6 ; Miiller, Zoogd. Ind. Arch. p. 55 ; Wagner, Schreb. Saugeth. Supp. ii. p. 347; Schinz, Svn. Mam. i. p. 383 ; Giebel, Saugeth. p. 799 ; Blyth, Cat. Mam. Mus. A. S. p.48 (1863). P. jourdanii, Gray, Charlesworth's Mag. Nat. Hist. i. p. 579 (1837) ; Wagner, Schreb. Saugeth. Supp. ii. p. 355. Ambliodon dore, Jourdan, Comptes Rend. v. pp. 442, 446 (1837) ; De Blainv. ibid. p. 593 ; An. Sci. Nat. ser. 2, viii. p. 276. Paguma leucomystax, Gray, List Sp. Mam. B. M. 1843, p. 55 ; Cantor, J. A. S. B. xv. p. 200 (1846) ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 540; Cat. Cam. &c. Mam. B. M. 1869, p. 73. Paradoxurus ogilbyi, Fraser, Zool. Typ. pi. 10 (1849). P. auratus, De Blainv. Osteographie, Viverra, pp. 21, 96, pi. vii. |