HERPESTES. 



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Mus. Coll., 1870. 

 J. Anderson, 1877. 

 J. Anderson, 1877. 

 Calcutta Zoological Gar- 

 dens, 1877. 

 J. Anderson. 

 J. Anderson. 

 Purchased. 

 J. Anderson, 1866. 

 J. Anderson, 1865. 

 E. Blyth, 1843, A.S.B. 

 E. Blyth, 1843, A.S.B. 

 E. Blyth, 1843, A.S.B. 

 E. Blyth, 1843, A.S.B. 

 R. Rollo, A.S.B. 

 R. Rollo, A.S.B. 

 Dr. Stewart, A.S.B. 

 Dr. Stewart, A.S.B. 

 E. Sanders. 

 Karachi Museum. 

 Karachi Museum. 



Var. B. — birmanicus, 



(7* Skin 

 b Skull 

 c. Skin, skull 



Cachar 

 Cachar 

 Chittagong 



d. Skin, skull Sawaddy, Burma 



Mus. Coll. 

 Mus. Coll. 

 D. Thorburn, 1864, 



A.S.B. 

 J. Anderson. 



Herpestes mungo. 



Viverra mungo, Gmelin Syst. Nat. i, p. 84 (1788). 



Herpestes gnsens, Desmarest Mamm., p. 212 (1820). 



Herpestes frederici, Desmarest Diet. Sc. Nat,, xxix, p. 60 (1823). 



Mangusta malaccensis, Fischer Syn. Mainm., p. 164 (1829). 



Mangusta grisea, id. ibid. 



Herpestes griseus, Sykes P. Z.S., p. 102 (1831) ; Wagner HugeVs Kasch- 



mir, iv , p. 570; Cantor J. A. S. B., xv, p. 242; Horsfield Cat. E. I. 



Museum, p. 90; Kelaart Prodr. Faun. Zeylan., p. 41 ; Adams P. Z. S. 



1858, p. 516; Gray Cat. Cam. Mamm., p. 151 ; Blyth Cot. no. 164, 



P» 5' ; Jerdon Mamm., p. 132 ; Stoliczka J. A. S. B., xli, p. 227 ; Murray 



Zoo!. Sind, p. 33; Sternclale Maitim. /nd., p. 223,- Thomas P. Z. S. 



1886, p. 56; Bligh and Nevill Taprobanian, i, p. 58. 

 Herpestes nyula, Hodgson J. A. S.B., v, p. 236 (1836) ; Gray Cat. Hodgs. 



Coll., 1st ed., p. 8. 

 Mangusta mungos, Elliot Madras Journ., x, p. 102 (1839). 

 Herpestes pallidus, Wagner Schrebr. Sdugeth. Suppl., ii, p. 311 (1841) • 



Anderson Anat. Zool. Res., p. 181. 

 Herpestes malaccensis, Blyth J. A. S. B., xxi, p. 349 (1852) • id. Cat. 



no. 163, p. 51; Jerdon Mamm., p. 134; Gray Cat. Carn.' Mamm'. 



P- 153- 

 Herpestes fimbriatus, Temminck Esquis. Zool., p. J12 (1853). 



