2. I'HOLIDOTUS. 373 



iigured by C'uvier in the skull being shorter and broader, as men- 

 tioned above. 



*** Scales JwiTi-coloured , pale; of the hack, iti clevc7i or thirteen longitu- 

 dinal series. Tail as long us the body. Eais with only a slightly raked 

 edge, xvithoiit any distinct conch. Phatagea. 



3. Fholidotus indicns. 



Pale brown ; scales striated at the base ; tail more slender than 

 the bodj", tapering to the end, as long as the body without the head ; 

 ears not prominent. 



" Varies in the width of the tail and the cnrvature of the claw." — 

 Simdevall. 



Manis pentadactyla, Linn. S. X. i. p. 51 ; Gerrard, Cat. Bones B. M. 



p. 28o (partly) ; Gray, List Mam. B. M. p. 188 ; Turner, P. Z. S. 



1851, p. 210. 

 Manis laticauda, Illiger ; Sundevall, I. c. p. 259, 

 Manis niacroura, Desm. Mamm. p. 376. 

 Manis brevicaudata, Tiedem. Zool. i. p. 497. 

 Manis brachyui-a, Erxl. Syst. p. 98. 



Manis crassicaudata, Gray in Griff. A. K. ; Rapp, Edent. p. 10. 

 Pholidotus indicus, Gruy, P. Z. H. 1865, p. 368. 

 Broad-tailed Manis, Penn. 

 Pangolin a courte queue, Cuv. Oss. Foss. v. t. 8 (skeleton). 



Hal). Asia — India : Bengal, Madras, Pondicherry, Assam. 



The skull in Cuvier's figures (Oss. Foss. v. t. 8. f. 2-4) is much 

 more slender and less Tentricose behind than the skulls of J7. Dal- 

 mannii in the British Museum. The face is represented as being 

 about two-fifths the entire length of the head ; and the nasal bones 

 are narrower and longer. 



In a foetus in spirit in the British Museum, the eyelids are soft, 

 the ears are only fringed with a slightly raised edge, and there are a 

 few bristles projecting between the scales of the back. 



Mr. MacClelland describes the Mauls brachi/ura of Assam as 

 having fifteen longitudinal series of scales, with bristles in paii's 

 passing out between the scales. The lower part of the head and 

 body and inside of the legs covered with coarse white hairs (Proe. 

 Zool. See. 1839, p. 153). Is this 31. Dahnnnnii? 



4. Pholidotus giganteus. (Ipi.) B.M. 



Pale brown ; scales striated at the base ; tail as long as the body, 

 tapering to the end. Body and head 30, tail 25 inches. 



Manis gigantea, Illiger, Mad. Berl. 1811. pp. 78, 84, 1815. 



Pholidotus at'ricBuus, Gray, P. Z. .S". 1805, p. 308, t. 17. 



Ipi (Pholidotus africanus), Dn Chaillii, Jour. Ashangoland, p. 43, t. 



Hah. West Africa, River Niger {Dr. B. Baikie) ; txuinea (lUic/er) ; 

 Fernand, Yaz {Du Chaillu): Cape-Coast Castle (B.M.). 



Verj- like P. indicus ; but the scales arc larger, and the tail is 



