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2. V. ccma, Blanford. Ti/^e localiti/ : — Gwadar, Balu- 



chistan, 



Other localities : — Kandahar; Bajaor, 

 N. W. Frontier (Whitehead) (B. M.). 

 Not obtained by Survey. 



T7,j>e :— B. M. No. 78. 4.23.1. 



3. V. le^icojivs, Blvth. Ti/jie localiti/: — "Desert of Western 



India." 



Other localities : — Sind ; Punjab ; 

 Jodhpur, Kajputana (B. M.) ; Sukkur. 

 Sind; Bhuj/Cutch (M. S. I.). 



Tjjiie: — Ind. Mus, Calc. No. ni. 

 (Type of imsilhis, Blj^th. Ind. Mus. 

 Cak-. No. L ; T} pe of persicus, Blanford^ 

 Ind. Mus. Calc. No. v.; Tvpe of griffithi, 

 Blyth, Ind. Mus. Calc. No. ir.). 



4. V. montana, Pearson. T;/i>e localit;/ : — "Himalaya." 



Other localities : — Gilgit ; Simla.. 

 Punjab ; MiTSSOorie. 



Ti/j>e :— Ind. Mus. Calc. No. d'. 

 (Type of himalaicus, Ogilby, B. INL 

 No. 55. 12. 24. 237). 



5. V. jerrilaius, Hodgson. Ti/pe localiti/ : — Lhassa, Thibet. 



Other localities : — Nepal ; Karo La. 

 Thibet, 16.600'; Eastern Central 

 Thibet (B. M.). 



Type:—B. "SI. No. 45. 1. 8. 214. 



Family Y. — Mustelid^. 



There are three Subfamilies which may be arranged in a ke^" as 

 follows ; — 



Key to the Suhfamilies of the JMustelid.*:. 



A. — Claws short, compressed, acute, curved, 

 semiretractile ; toes partiallj' nebbed ; 

 upper posterior molar of moderate size, 

 transversely elongate... 



B. — Claws blunt, not compressed, not retrac- 

 tile. 

 a. Foot elongate ; toes not webbed ; upper 



posterior molar, variable 

 h. Foot short, rounded; toes webbed; up- 

 per posterior molar large and quadrate III. Lutkin^. 



I. MuSTELIJs'^. 



II. MELINiE. 



