578 New or little known Mammalia, 



ground ; pale yellow, with a dark brown tip, and a large tuft of rather 

 rigid hairs (placed over a large gland) at its upper part near the base. 

 Ears rather large, acute, grey, and edged with black externally ; inter- 

 nally, whitish. Length, 2'Sh in. ; tail, 10 in. 



Inhabits India. — Colonel Cobb. Brit. Museum. 



The long hairs of the back are thin at the base, and enlarged, white, 



and rigid at the tip ; each is marked with a broad blackish ring, and a 



brown tip, which varies greatly in length, according to the place in which 



the hair is situated ; those on the sides of the body having the longest tips. 



Cdnis procyonoides (Racoon-faced Dog) Gray Illust. Ind. Zool. 



Grey brown, varied with black tips to the hairs. Cheeks and legs dark 

 chocolate brown. Tail short, thick, pale brown, with white tips to the 

 hairs. Ears rounded, hairy. Length of head, 5^ in.; body, 17 in.; tail, 5 in. 



Inhabits China. — J. R. Reeves, Esq. Brit. Museum. 

 Vu'lpes nepalensis (Nepal Fox). Fur soft, silky, long ; above, bright ful- 

 vous yellow. 



Inhabits Northern India, Nepal. — Gen. Hardivicke. 



Like the common European, and the American fulvous, Fox; but 

 the fur is much softer and brighter-coloured. 

 Vulpes Hodgsbnii (Hodgson's Fox). Fur rather woolly; above, bluish grey. 

 Forehead, nape, and middle of the back, yellowish brown. Tail end 

 black. Chin, and beneath, white. 



Inhabits North India, Nepal. — Hardwiclce. 

 Vulpes magelldnica (Magellanic Fox). Greyish, varied with black on the 

 back. The cross band on the nape, and the upper part of the tail, black. 

 Head pale yellowish. Back of ears, nape, and side of the limbs, and 

 under parts of the tail, bright fulvous. Chin, throat, chest, belly, and 

 front of the legs, white. Length of the head 8 in.; body, 20 in.; tail, 

 12 in. 



Inhabits Magellan's Straits. — Captain P. P. King. British Museum. 



Hair of the back long, slender, with a broad subterminal white band. 

 Under fur very thick, silvery. 

 Vulpes griseus (Grey Fox). Pale grey, with blackish tips to the hairs. 

 Legs pale fulvous. Lips, throat, belly, and front of the thighs, white. 

 Tail blackish at the at the upper part of the base, and at the tip. 



Inhabits Magellan. — Captain P. P. King. 

 Herpe'stes Smithii. Dark grizzled, black, white, and grey. Face, neck, 

 and feet reddish, varied. Feet and tip of tail black. 



Inhabits . 



Herpestes Bennettii. Red brown, slightly grizzled with whitish. Tail 

 rather depressed ; under side pale red; tip black-penciled. 



Inhabits Madagascar. 

 Herpestes nepalensis. Fur blackish, finely grey-dotted. Hair black, with 

 a broad subterminal yellow band. Tail tapering ; under part greyish. 

 Soles f part bald. 



Inhabits North India. 



Like H. griseus, but smaller and darker. 

 Herpestes brachyitrus. Black. Hairs yellow, ringed. Under fur brown. 

 Face, cheeks, and sides of neck, yellower. Belly and tail darker. Throat 

 pale yellow brown. Fore legs and feet blackish. Tail thick, about half 

 as long as the body. 



Inhabits Indian Islands. British Museum. 

 Paradoxu v rus. The species of this genus may be arranged in the following 

 manner : — 



A. Cheek with a white Spot under the Eyes. 

 a. Bach plain-coloured. P. larvatus, P. Crossii, P. Grayii, P. Jourdanii. 



