SUMMARY OF TEE INDIAN MAMMAL SURVEY. 



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3. V. civettina, Blyth. 



4. V. megasjjila, Blyth. 



Tyj)e locality : — South Malabar. 



Other localities : — None. 



Tijye-. — lndi. Mus. Calc. (6. of 

 Sclater's Catalogue). 



Type locality : — Prome, Lower Bui-- 

 ma. 



Other localities: — Chindwin ; Mt. 

 Popa ; Tenasserim (M. S. I.) 



Type : — Lost. 



Gen. II. — ViVEKKICULA. 



No. 48. malaccensis, Gmel. Almost all authors have remarked 



on the vaiiability of this animal, but 

 though several different races have 

 been described I have entirely failed 

 so far in finding one that seems valid. 



Distribution :- - 



F. malaccensis, Gmelin. 



Type locality : — " in ludiis ". 



Other localities : — Dagshai, Pun- 

 jab ; Rajputana; Nepal; Assam; 

 Central Provinces; Dharwar; N. Mal- 

 abar; Madras; Ceylon; Upper Burma, 

 Pegu ; Malay Peninsula (B.M.) ; 

 Siud; Cutch ; Palanpur; Kathiawar; 

 Satara ; Dharwar ; Coorg ; Kumaon ; 

 Bengal ; (topotypes of bengalensis; 

 Gray) ; Sikkim ; Bhutan Duars ; 

 Chin Hills ; Chindwin ; Mt. Popa ; 

 Tenasserim (M.S.L). 



Ty2)e :— Unknown. (B.M. No. 85. 

 8.1.27. tyj)e of subspecies deserti, 

 Bonh.). 



Gen. III. — PmoNODON. 



No. 49. pardicolor, Hodgs. 

 No. 50. moculosus, Blanf. 



There seems no necessity for any 

 change in these names. Blanford 

 distinguishes the two species as 

 follows : — 



Key to the species of Prionodon. 



A. — Smaller, head and body about 15 inches; 

 back with longitudinal rows of large 



dark spots 



1 . pardicolor, Hodge. 



