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Show 1900.] MAMMALS OF SIAM AND THE MALAY PENINSULA. 329 31. PARADOXURUS HERMAPHRODITUS (Pall.). The Malay Palm- Civet. Paradoxurus musanga, Cantor, p. 31. Paradoxurus finlaysonii, Horsfield, Cat. Mamm. Mus. East- India Co. 1851, p. 65. Paradoxurus hermaphroditus, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 108. " Musang" of the Malays, and the English in the Straits Settlements, also " Musang Pandan " and (when the tail is with white point) " Musang Biingkwang," Cantor. " Hen " of the Siamese. Mr. Oldfield Thomas (P. Z. 8. 1886, p. 73) records this species from Salauga (Junkceylon), and Klang (Selangor). This Civet is abundant in the Malay Peninsula; personally 1 know of it from Kedah, Penang, Perak (many specimens from Larut in the Taiping Museum) Selangor, Malacca (specimens in Eaffles Museum), Johore and Singapore. Sometimes it frequents inhabited houses, even in populous towns, but on account of its nocturnal habits is seldom seen. Ridley's account (Nat. Science vol. vi. 1895, p. 92) of " Viverra malaccensis " applies excellently to this species. Size. Adults seem to vary much in size. Cantor (p. 32) mentions one : head and body 2A\ in. (or 622 mm.); tail 16^ in. (or 420 mm.). Distribution. Burma, Siam, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 32. PARADOXURUS MACRODUS Gray. The Large-toothed Palm- Civet. Paradoxurus macrodus, W . L. Sclater, Cat. M a m m . Indian Mus. ii. 1891, p. 246. " In external characters this species does not differ appreciably from Paradoxal its hermaphroditus, but the skulls are at once distinguished by the large size of the teeth ; upper sectorial •39 inch long by -33 inch wide " (Sclater, op. cit. p. 243). Distribution. Malay Peninsula. 33. PARADOXURUS LECCOMYSTAX Gray. The White-whiskered Palm-Civet. Paguma leucomystax, Cantor, p. 30. " Musang biilan " of the Malays of the Peninsula (according to Cantor). In the Museum at Taiping there are several specimens from Larut, Perak. A male stuffed measures:-Head and body 27 in. (or 686 mm.); tail 211 in. (or 546 mm.). In the Museum at Kuala Lumpor there is a single specimen. This species is said to be rare in Selangor. In the Raffles Museum there are specimens from Singapore and Malacca. W . L. Sclater (Cat. Mamm. Indian Mus. ii. 1891, p. 248) records specimens from Malacca. , J is tribution. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo. |