250 MAMMALIA. 



Cynogale bennetti. ♦ 



Cynogale bennettii, Gray Charlesiv. Mag. N. //., i, p. 579 (1836); Gervais 

 Voyage Bonite Zool., p. 24, pi. vi ; Cantor J. A. S. B., xv, p. 203 ; 

 Wallace Island life, p 351 ; Blyth Cat. no. 156, p. 49; Gray Cat. Cam. 

 Mamm., p. 78; Jentink Notes Leyd. Mus., xi, p. 24. 



Viverra carcharias, Jourdain Ann. Sci. Nat. (2), viii, p. 281, pi, viii 



(1837). 

 Potamophilus barbatus, Muller Tijdsch. Natuur. Gesck., v, p. 142 (1838); 



Milller and Schlegel in Tern. Verhandl., p. 115, pi. xvii. 

 Cynogale barbata, Schinz Syn. Mamm., i, p. 388. 



Distribution. — Malay Peninsula (Cantor), Sumatra and Borneo. 



a. Stuffed, skull Malayan Peninsula Rev. F. J. Lindstedt, 1845, 



A. S. B. 

 i. Skin, skelet. W. Rutledge, 1882. 



Genus EUPLERES. 



Eupleres, Doyere Ann. Sci. Nat. (2), iv, p. 280 (1835). 



Eupleres goudoti. 



Eupleres goudotll, Doyere Ann. Sci. Nat. (2), iv, p. 281 (1835) ; Gray Cat. 

 Cam. Mamm,., p. 177. 



Distribution. — Madagascar. 



a. Skin Madagascar Brit. Mus. [Ex.] 



b, Skelet. Madagascar Brit. Mus. [Ex.] 



Genus HERPESTES. 



Ichneumon, apud Lacepede Mem. Insti. Paris, iii, p. 492 



(1801). Type, H. ichneumon. 

 Herpestes, Illiger Prodr., p. 135 (181 1). Type, H. ichneumon. 

 Mangusta, Olivier apud Fischer Syn. Mamm., p. 162 (1829). 

 Mungos, Ogilby P. Z. S., p. 103 (1835). Type, H. vitticoUis. 

 Urva, Hodgson J. A. S. B., vi, p. 561 (1837). Type, H. urva. 

 Mesobema, Hodgson J, A. S. B., x, p. 910 (1841). Type, H. urva. 

 Osmetectis, Gray Ann. Mag. N. H., x, p. 260 (1842). Type, H. urva. 

 Calogale, Gray P. Z. S., p. 560 (1864). Type, H. auropunctatus. 

 Calictis, Gray t. c, p. 564 (1864). Type, H. smithi. 

 Taeniogale, Gray t. c, p. 569 (1864). Type, H. vitticollis. 

 Onychogale, Gray t. c, p. 570 (1864). Type, H. maccarthise. 



Key of the Indian Species. 

 ipes on the body; colour 



b. Small (skull under 2| inches long), fur adpressed; hairs 



a^ No bands or stripes on the body; colour more or less con 

 colorous. 



