HYSTRIX. 105 



Key of Indian Species. 



a. Crest well developed ; skull with enormously inflated nasal 

 region ; the frontal processes of the premaxillae wide, trun- 

 cated, and extending back as far as the nasals. 



H. leucurus, p. 105. 



a^. Crest but slightly if at all developed ; skull with the nasals 

 not inflated, and the nasals extending further back than the 

 frontal processes of the premaxillae. 



b. Nasal bones expanded behind and extending back to a level 

 with the middle of the orbits ; frontal processes of the 

 premaxillae narrow and almost pointed. 



H. longicauda, p. 106. 



IP-. Nasal bones of equal width throughout, and hardly extending 

 backwards to a level with the lacymal bones ; frontal 

 processes of the premaxillae wide and truncated. 



H. yunnanensis, p. 107. 



Hystrix cristata. 



Hystrix cristata, Linneeus Syst, Nat., 12th ed., i, p. 76 (1766); Brandt 

 Mamm. Exot. Nov., p. 35, pi. viii, figs. 1-2; Waterhouse Nat. Hist, 

 Mamm., ii, p 448, pi. xx, fig. i ; P. L. Sclater P. Z, S-, 1871, p. 233 ; 

 Danford and Alston P. Z. S., 1877, p. 281. 



Acanthion cuvieri, Gray P, Z. 5., p. 102 (1847). 



CEdocephalus cuvieri. Gray P. Z. S., p. 308 (1866). 



The European Porcupine. - 



Distribution — Southern Europe and Northern Africa, ranging 

 as far as Zanzibar .? 



a. Stuffed, skele- Zanzibar? Zoological Gardens, 



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Hystrix leucurus. 



Hystrix leucurus, Sykes P. Z S., p. 103 (1831) ; Elliot Madras Journ, x, p, 

 218; Gray P. Z.S., 1847; p. 100; Horsfield Cat. E. I. Mus., p. 146; 

 Kelaart Prodr. Faun. Zeylan., p. 70; Adams P. Z. S., 1858, p 520; 

 Blyth Cat. no, 421, p. 128 ; Gray P. Z. S., 1866, p. 308 ; Jerdon Mamm., 

 p. 218; McMaster Notes on Jerdon, p. 55 ; P L, Sclater, P. Z S., 1871, 

 p. 233 ; Stoliczka J. A, S. B., xli, p. 228; Murray ZooL Sind, p. 48; 

 Thomas P. Z. S., 1886, p. 57. 



Hystrix cristata, aptid Gray Illustr. Ind. Zool., li, p], xiv (1834) ; Hutton 

 J. A. S. B., XV, p. 136 ; Blanford Persia, p. 80. 



Hystrix hirsutirostris, Brandt Mamm. Exot, Nov., p. 39, pi. viii, figs. 3-6 

 (1835); Waterhouse Nat. Hist. Mamm., ii, p. 454, pi. xx, fig. 2; Wagner 

 Hiigel's Kaschmir, iv, p. 573 ; Blyth J^ A, S. B., xxi, p. 351. 



Hystrix zeylonensis, Blyth J, A. S.B., xx, p. 171 (1851). 



Hystrix malabarica, P. L. Sclater P. Z. S., p. 353, pi. xvi (1865) ; Gray 

 P.Z.S., 1866, p. 308. 



