110 



MTJSTELID.^O. 



** Asiatic. Clmvs rudimentary, blunt. Aonyx. 



2. Aonyz leptonyx. (Indian Aonyx.) B.M. 



Brown, rather paler beneath ; cheeks, chest, and sides of the neck 

 paler ; chin and npper part of the throat white. The inner lobe of 

 the flesh-tooth very large. 



Fig. 14. 



Amiyx leptonyx. 



Liitra leptonyx, Horsf. Zool. Research, vii. t. ; Fisch. Syn. p. 277 ; 



Wayner, in Sc/ireb. Siqip. t. 

 Lutra cinerea, Illiger, in Srhinz, Cuv. Thierr. i. p. 879. 

 Lutra perspicillata, I. Geoff. Diet. Class. H. N. ix. p. 519. 

 Aonyx Horsfieldii, Gray, Ann. 8) May. N. H. 18.37, p. 119. 

 Aonyx leptonyx. Gray, List Mamm. JB. M. p. 71 : P. Z. S. 1865, p. 130 



(fig. skull)." 

 Mustela fusca, Desch. MS. icon ined. B. M. 

 Mustela lutra, Marsden, Sumatra, t. 12. 

 Semul, Raffles, Linn. Tram. xiii. p. 254. 



Hah. Java ; Sumatra. 



3. Aonyx indigitata. 



B.M. 



Brown, paler below ; toes very short ; claws short and blunt. 



Lutra indigitata, Hodys. Ann. 8; May. N. H. iv. ; Blainv. Osteoyr. t. 



24. f. 8 (skidl). 

 Aonyx indigitata, Gray, Ann. Sf Maq. N. H. 1837, p. 119 ; P. Z. S. 



1865, p. 131 ; Gerrard, Cat. Bones' B. M. p. 101. 

 Aonyx sikimensis, Hodqson, Horsf. Ann. 8f May. N. H. xvi. p. 109, 



1855; P. Z. S. 1856, 'p. 399. 



Hah. Nepal Hills and Tarai. 



Specimen very imperfect. " Colour medial earthy brown ; paler 

 below, especially on the head and neck. Length, snout to vent 24, 

 tail 13, head 4|, palm 2^, planta 3| inches." — Hodris. I. c. 



