. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. THE COMMON PARADOXURE, OR MUSANG. This animal, which inhabits the Malay Peninsula, Java, Sumatra and Borneo, is smaller than the Indian species, although his habits are much the same. The broad head with pointed snout, slender body and long tail are sliown in the picture, but the markings vary in dif- ferent specimens. He makes such ravages on the plantations in Java when the coffee berries are ripe that the natives call him " ; {Paradoxurus hertnaphroditus.) their full baskets, then " one often sees on th
. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. THE COMMON PARADOXURE, OR MUSANG. This animal, which inhabits the Malay Peninsula, Java, Sumatra and Borneo, is smaller than the Indian species, although his habits are much the same. The broad head with pointed snout, slender body and long tail are sliown in the picture, but the markings vary in dif- ferent specimens. He makes such ravages on the plantations in Java when the coffee berries are ripe that the natives call him " ; {Paradoxurus hertnaphroditus.) their full baskets, then " one often sees on the paths intersecting the coffee-gardens the spoor and signs of the Musang, which enjoys the evil reputation of being a Chicken-stealer in the mountains, but is also fond of fruits, and frequently, when the berries are ripe, visits the coffee-plan- tations where he is often cau'ght by the Javanese at that season of the year. The Musang also lives on birds and insects, catches wild Chickens, and sucks the eggs of both tame and wild birds. In captivity he is often kept on nothing but pisang for weeks at a time, and gets so used to the house that it is safe to allow him' his freedom. The keeper who occasion- ally presents him with a Chicken egg gains his affection to such a degree that he follows him around like a Dog and submits to being petted and stroked by ; The Masked Paradoxure {^Paradoxurus larvatus) in- habits China and Formosa. His color is principally black on the head, gray on the cheeks, lower jaws, throat and neck, and yel- lowish-gray on the upper part of the body. A whit- ish band runs from the tip of the nose to the back of the head; another extends under the eyes, and a third above them. The ears, the tip of the long tail and the feet are black. It is sometimes called the Masked Paguma. THE DOG-FOOTED CIVETS. Among the Viverridae with non-retractile claws, or Dog-footed Civets {Cynopoda), we must first turn to the Mungooses or Ichneumons, so widely cele- b
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