SUMMARY OF THE INDIAN MAMMAL SURVEY. 343 



Subfamil}^ I. — Musteline. 



The four genera in this Subfamily may be distinguished as 

 follows : — 



Keif to the genera of tlie MusTELiNiE. 



A. — Premolars on each side, 4 above and below. I. Martes. 

 B. — Premolars on each side, 3 above and below, 

 a. Limbs and abdomen darker than back ' 



«'. Colour above fulvous ... ... II. PuTORlUS. 



/''. Colour above blotched white and 



dark brown III. Vormela. 



li. Lower siirf ace not darker than upper... IV. Mustela. 



Gen. I. — Martes. 



This genus, as now understood, corresponds to the JMustela of 



Blanford. Bonhote has separated 

 No. 77. jiavigula, Bodd. the Burmese form under the sub- 



No. 7S.foina, Erxl. specific name peninsidaris (A. M. 



N. H. (7) p. 346, 1901), and at the 

 same time recognised the Madras form givatMnsi, Horsf. as a dis- 

 tinct species. Hodgson gave the name toiffwus to the Indian 

 representative of the European foina. These four forms may be 

 arranged in a key as follows : — 



Key to the species of jNIartes. 



A. — Tail, without hair, three-fourths the 

 length of head and bodj'. 

 a. Soles of feet hair}-. 



a\ Shoulders light coloured. ... I. f.flavigula, Bodd. 



h\ Shoulders dark brown ... ... 2.gwatkinsi,ii.0Ysi'. 



Ii. Soles of feet naked ... ... ... S.f. peninsularis. 



Bonh. 

 5. — Tail, without hair, half the length of the 



head and body ... ... ... 4. toufceus, Hodg^^ 



Distribution : — 



1 . M. flavigula flavigula, Type locality : — Nepal , Assam, &c. 

 Boddaert. 



Other localities: — Hazara ; Kashmir ; 

 Kishtwar ; Kumaon ; Nepal ; Sadya, 

 Assam (B. M.); Kumaon ; Sikkim ; 

 Bhutan Duars ; Chin Hills ; Chindwin 

 (M. S. L). 



Type : — Unknown. 



