Figure 1. A in The taxonomy of the endemic golden palm civet of Sri Lanka

Figure 1. A, dark skins. First panel, from left to right: BM(NH) 27.11.28.1, Mousakande, Gammaduwa, Knuckles Range, 914 m a.s.l. (submontane); BM(NH) 33.2.1.1, Maha Oya, E.P. (dry zone); BM(NH) 52.5.9.17, Newara Eliya, type of Paradoxurus montanus (cloud forest). Second panel: BM(NH) 77.11.1.4 and 77.11.1.3, 'Ceylon, confined to the hills' (presented by Whyte); plus two Paradoxurus jerdoni. Third panel: NMC 41H, Mousakande, Gammaduwa, Knuckles Range, 610 m a.s.l. (submontane); NMC 42M, Moneragala, 65 52′N, 81°20′E (dry zone). B, gold skins. First panel: BM(NH) 50.19, Peradeniya (submontane wet zone); BM(NH) 52.5.9.18, Newara Eliya (cloud forest); BM(NH) 49.579, Galapitakunde Estate, 1066 m a.s.l., Namunukula, Uva Prov. (cloud forest); BM(NH) 33.7.24.1, Koslanda, Lipton's Tea Estate (dry zone); BM(NH) 50.1494, Panama, Sea Coast, E.P. (dry zone). Second panel: NMC 42, Timbulketiya, 6°24′N, 80°47′E (borders of wet and dry zones in south); NMC 42A, Colombo (wet zone); NMC 42B, Wattakeliya, 7°34′N, 79°46′E (borders of wet and dry zones on west coast). Third panel: NMC 42C, 42D, 42F, 42G, all from Gammaduwa, Knuckles Range (42F is from Mousakande, 975 m a.s.l.). C, dark (left) and golden (right) animals, both from the Knuckles Range.