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MAMMALIA. 



Herpestes vitticoHis. 



Herpestes vittlcolHs, Bennett P. Z. S., p. 67 (1835) ; Kelaart Prodr. Faun. 

 Zeylan, p. 42 ; Jerdon Mamm., p. 137 ; Anderson Anat. Zuol. Res., 

 p. 188 ; Blanford Marnmals, p. 128 ; Nevill Taprobanian, i, p. 60. ' 



Mungos vitticollis, Ogilby P. Z. S , p. 103 (1835) ; Blyth Cat., p. 50. 



Mangusta vitticollis, Elliot Madr. Journ., x, p. 103 (1839). 



Taeniogale vitticollis, Gray P. Z.S., p. 569 (1864); id. Cat. Cam. Mamm., 

 p. 167. 



Loco moogatea, Cingalese. 



Distribution. — Southern India, Malabar Coast (Jerdon), and 

 Ceylon (Kelaart). 



a. Skin 



b. Stuffed, skull 



c. Stuffed 



d. Skull, juv, 



e. Skin 



Travancore 



Malabar 



Ceylon 



Ceylon 



Purchased. 



T. C. Jerdon, 1846, A.S.B. 

 E. L. Layard, 1848, A.S.B. 

 No history, A S.B. 

 Colombo Museum. 



Herpestes urva. 



PViverra fusca. Gray Il'.ustr. Ind. Zool., i, pi. v (1830). 



Gulo urva, Hodgson J. A S. B., v, p. 238 (1836) ; M'Clelland Calc. Journ. 

 N. //., iii p. 458, pi. xiii. 



Urva cancrivora, Hodgson J. A. S. B., vi, p. 561 (1837) ; Gray Cat. Hodgs. 

 Coll., I St ed., p. 8; Horsfield Cat. E. I. Miis., p. 93 ; Blyth Cat. no. 158, 

 p. 49; Jerdon Mamm., p. 138; Swinhoe P. Z. S., 1870, p. 630 ; Blyth 

 J. A. S. B,, xliv, Burma List, p. 26; Spearman Burma Gazett., p. 550. 



Mesobema cancrivora, Hodgson J. A. S. B., x, p. 910 (1841). 



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



Herpestes urva, Anderson Anat. Zool. Res., p. 189, pi. ix, figs. 5, 6 (1878) ; 

 Blanford Mammals, p. 129. 



The Crab-eating Mungoose ; Urva, Nepalese ; Myvve-ba, 

 Burmese. 



Distribution. — Himalayas from Nepal (Hodgson) to Assam, 

 Arakan, Burma, to North Tenasserim and South China (Swinhoe). 



a. Skin Chittagong E. R. Shopland. 



b. Skin, skelet. ^ Zoological Gardens, 1881. 



c. Skin G. King, 1878. 



d. Skin, skelet. ^ Zoological Gardens, 1878. 



^. Stuffed, skull Arakan Sir A. Phayre, 1843, A.S.B. 



/. Stuffed, juv. Arakan Sir A. Phayre, 1843, .A.S.B. 



^. PSkull Zool. Gardens, 1882. 



h. Skin Assam O. L. Eraser. 



Herpestes caffer. 



Viverra cafra, Gmelin Syst. Nat., i, p. 85 (178S). 



Herpestes griseus, Smuts Enum. Mamm. Capens., p. 19 (1832). 



Herpestes madagascariensis, Smith S. African Quart. Journ., ii, p. 114 



(1835)*. 

 Herpestes bennettii. Gray Charlesw. Mag. N. H , i, p. 578 (1837). 

 Herpestes caffer, Blyth Cat. no. 168, p. 52 (1863) ; Thomas P. Z. S., 1882, 



p. 66. 



