104 MAMMALIA 



Genus ATHERURA. 



Atherura, G. Cuvier Regne Anim., 2nd ed., i, p. 215 (1829). Type, A. mac- 

 roura. 



The skull of the African species of Atherura is distinguishable 

 at once from that of the Asiatic species by the fact that the poste- 

 rior nasal opening is in the former species opposite the last molar, 

 whereas in the latter, it is extended forward to opposite the penul- 

 timate molar. 



Besides the two species mentioned below, there is a third, the 

 true A. fasciculata of Shaw, found only in Siam, in which the cuudal 

 bristles are simple and flattened, and not twisted and irregularly 

 dilated. 



Atherura macroura. 



Hystrix macroura, Linnceus Syst. Nat., 12th ed. i, p. 77 (1766). 



Atherura fasciculata, fl/>MG? G. Cuvier Regne Anim., 2nd ed., i, p. 215 (1829); 

 Cantor y. A. S. B,, xv, p. 257; Gray P. Z. S., 1847, P- 1^4 ! Horsfield 

 Cat. E. I. Mus., p. 147 ; Blyth Cat. no. 424, p. i2g ; P. L. Sclater 

 P. Z. S., 1 87 1, p. 236 ; Blyth J. A- S, B., xliv, Burma List, p. 43 ; An- 

 derson J., Linn. Sac, xxi, p. 341. 

 Atherura macroura, Waterhouse Nat. Hit. Mamm., ii, p. 472; Blyth J. 

 A. S. B., XX, p. 519; Gunther P. Z. S., 1876, p. 742; Thomas P. Z. 

 S., 1886, p. 71. 



Brush-tailed Porcupine. 



a-b. 2 Skins, ^ $ Tiboo Padan, Mergui, J Anderson. 

 2 skeletons, 7-2-82. 



c. Skin No history, A. S. B. 



d. Stuffed, skull Tipperah R. W. G. Frith, A. S. B. 



*. Stuffed, skull Malacca Rev. F. Lindstedt, A. S. B. 



y. Skeleton, Zoological Gardens. 



mted. 



Atherura africana. 



Atherura africana, Gray Ann. Mag., N. H., x, p. 261 (1842) ; Waterhouse 

 Nat. Hist. Mamm., ii, p. 476; Gunther P. Z. S., 1876, p. 742. 



Distribution. — Western Africa. 



a. Skin, skull, W. Rutledge. 



and bones $ 



Genus HYSTRIX. 



Hystrix Linnesus, Syst. Nat, 12th ed., i, p. 76 (1766). Type, H. cristata. 

 Acanthion, F. Cuvier Mem. Mus., Paris, ix, p. 431 (1822). Type, H. longi, 



Cauda. 

 CEdocephalus, Gray P. Z. S., p. 308 (1866), Type, H. crista'a. 

 Acanthoecherus, Gray P. Z. S., p. 310 (1866). Type, H. longicauda. 



