SUMMARY OF THE INDIAN MAMMAL SURVEY. 



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h\ Paler, buff. 



a'. Ground colour cream 



biiff ... 

 }f. Ground colour white . . . 

 6^ Pattern very fine ... 



Hindfoot, without claws, more 

 than two inches long ... 



hairs of back 

 than 5 rings; size. 



long 



a 



Fur longer 

 with more 

 larger. 



N aked sole extending to heel . 

 a'. Pattern of grizzle, coarser. 



a 



h\ 



a 



Face, feet, and tail-tip 

 coloured strongly ferru- 

 ginous ... 



Face, feet, and tail-tip 

 not or only slightly co- 

 loured ferruginous. 



Face, feet, and tail 



noticeably but not 



strongly ferruginous. 



a^. Under fur buff... 



h\ 



Ferruginous 



ing 



Under fur white, 

 colour- 

 of face, feet and 

 tail-tip almost or 

 entirely absent. 



a\ Under fur grey- 

 ish-white 



2. aur. helvus, Ryl. 



3. aiir. pallipes, Bl. 



4. nipcdensis, Gray. 



5. birmanicus, Thos. 



6. mungo ferrugi- 

 neus, Bl. 



7. mungo mungo, 



Gmel. 



8. pallens, Ryl. 



9. mungo moerens, 

 Wr. 



1 . mungo elliotiyWr . 



11. lanha, Wr. 



a 



h\ Under fur buff. 

 6^ Pattern of grizzle very fine 

 . Naked sole not extending to 

 heel. 



Size large, tarsus and hind- 

 foot about three inches ; 



colour dark brown grizzle... 12. fuscus, Waterh. 

 Size smaller,tarsus and hind- 

 foot less than 2-7 inches; 

 colour dark brown or rufous. 

 b. A black tail-tip 

 B. — A neck-stripe. 



a. Neck-stripe black ; a black tail-tip. . . 

 h. Neck-stripe white ; no black tail-tip.. 



b\ 



13. flavidens,^e\. 



14. smithi, Gray. 



15. vitticollis, Benn. 



16. wrva, Hodgs. 



