132 MELINID3. 



Mellivora, Stor.; F. Cuv.; Grm/, L. M. B. M. y. p. 68 ; P. Z. S. 



1865, pp. 143, (i80. 

 Eatelus, Grai/, Ann. rial. 1825; Schinz, Syn. p. 329. 

 Lipotus, Sundevall, Kong. Vet. Akad. Hmull. 1811, p. 211. 

 Ursitaxus, Hudf/son, Asiat. Mesearch. xix. p. 60, 1836. 

 Melitonyx, Glo'ger, 1842. 



De Blainville figures the skull and teeth of M. indica and 31. ca- 

 pensis, t. 11 and t. 13 ; he represents the tubercular grinders of 

 M. indica as much smaller than those of 3f. capensis, and the flesh- 

 tooth as more unequally triangular (see t. 13). 



1. Mellivora indica. (Bharsiah.) B.M. 



Black ; the back iron-grey ; crown of head white. — Gray, P. Z. S. 

 1865, p. G80. 



Ursiis indicus, Shaw, Zool. i. p. 470, 1800. 



Meles iudica, Fischer, Syn. Mamm. p. 151. 



Indian Badger (Ursus indicus), Hardw. Linn. Trans, ix. p. 11 5, t. 9. 



Indian Bad^rei", Fenti. 



Ratekis mellivorus, Benn. Zool. Gard. p. 13 (fig. good). 



Mellivora ratal, Gerrard, Cat. Bunes B. 31. p. 96. 



Mellivora ratelus (Indian var.), Fraser, Cat. Zool. Gardens, 1862, 



p. 9 ; Bartlett, P. Z. S. 1835. 

 Eatelus indicus, Schinz ; Burton, P. Z. S. 1835, p. 113. 

 Mellivora indica, Blainv. Osteoyr. Mustela, t. 6 (skidl) ; Gray, P. Z. 8. 



1865, pp. 143, 680 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 98. 

 Mustela iudica, BIaim\ Os^e'0.9?-. Mustela, t. 13 (teeth). 

 Ursitaxus mauritiis (Bharsiah), Hodgson, Asiat. Research, xix. p. 60, 



J. A. S. Beng. 1836, p. 671. 



Hah. India (called " Beejoo "), Nepaul (called " Bharsiah "). 

 Skull ovate, elongate ; nose short, concave on the sides, flat 

 above ; forehead short, convex ; orbits incomplete ; suborbital fora- 

 men small, ovate. Brain -case swollen behind and truncated. Palate 

 nearly flat in front, concave behind and slightly produced ; hinder 

 opening of the palate large ; keeled on the sides, front edge arched ; 

 as wide as long. Four middle cutting-teeth equal, truncated, the 

 side ones conical, with a recurved tip ; canines conical, nearly 

 straight ; false grinders two, crowded, thick, conical : flesh-tooth 

 trigonal ; outer edge rather the longest, with two conical confluent 

 tubercles; the inner lobe anterior, roundish, with an acute conical 

 tubercle : tubercular grinder transverse, band-like ; outer half nar- 

 row, inner half considerably wider, roimded on the inner edge. 

 Lower jaw strong ; chin arched ; cutting-teeth crowned, truncated, 

 the middle one on each side behind the others ; canines conical, 

 curved back ; false grinders three, rather crowded, thick, conical ; 

 the flesh-tooth oblong, of moderate size, with three conical tubercles 

 in a single longitudinal series ; tubercular grinder none (or small or 

 early deciduous). -^^ ^xxi. 



Length of skuU 5 4 



palate 2 4 



lower jaw 3 6 



orbit over cars 2 3 



nose in front of orbits 1 54 



