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MAMMALIA. 



Manis pentadactyla, 



Manis pentadactyla, LinncBus Syst. Nat., 12th ed., i, p. 52 (1766) [in part] ; 



Sykes P. Z. S., 1831, p. 104 ; 'Blyth y. A. S. B., xi, p. 453 ; Turner P. Z. S., 



1851, p. 219 ; Blyfh J. A. S B., xxi, p. 351 ; Horsfield Cat. E. I. Mus., p. 



196 ; Blytk Cat., p. 179; Jerdun Mamm., no. 24,1, p. 314; McMaster Notes 



on Jerdon, p. 132; Anderson Anat. Zool. Res., p. 341, pi. xxiv, figs, i 



and 2. 

 Manis brachyura, Erxleben Syst. Reg. Anim., i, p. 98 (1777) [in part] ; Gray 



Illustr. Lid. Zool., ii, pi. xxii ; Blyth J. A. S- B., xx, p. 175. 

 Manis crassicaudata, Et. Geoff. St. Hil. Cat. Manim., Miis. Hist. Nat., 



p. 213 (1803) *; Elliot Madras Joitrn., x, p. 218 ; Tickell J. A. S. B., xi, p. 



221 with plate ; Kelaart Prodr. Faun. Zeylan., p. 74 ; Jeritink Notes Leyd. 



Mus., iv, p. 203. 

 Manis indicus, Lesson Hist. Nat. Mamm., iv, p. 520 (1834) [in part]. 

 Manis laticauda, Sundevall Kongl. Vetens. Akad. Handl., p. 258 (1842)*. 

 Pholidotus indicus. Gray Cat. Cam. Mamm., p. 373 (1869) ; Murray Zool. 



Sind, p. 60. 



The Scaly Ant Eater or Manis ; Hind, and Sanskrit, Bajar-kit, 

 Bajrakapta, Sillu, Sukunkhor ; Kols, Armoi ; Mahratta, Kaulimah ; 

 Telegu, Alawa ; Mai., Alangu ; Deccan, Banrohu ( = Jungle carp) ; 

 Bengal, Kot-pohu ; Sind, Chulla Mirron; Cingalese, Caballaya. 



Distribution. — Throughout India and Ceylon, from Sind in the 

 west to Cuttack in the east, not extending into Lower Bengal, or 

 found in the Himalayas. 



a-b. 2 Skins Shahbunder, Sind, Karachi Mus. [Ex.] 



c. Skin E. I. Mus., London. 



d. Skin Purchased, 1871. 



e. Skin, skele- Zoological Gardens. 



ton 9 



/. Skin, skull, Zoological Gardens. 



bones. $ 



g. Skin, skull, Zoological Gardens. 



bones ^ 



h. Ale. ? Zoological Gardens. 



j. Ale. £ Chittagong ? Zoological Gardens. 



k. Foetusof *'e" Zoological Gardens. 



;. Ale. foetus Zoological Gardens. 



m. Skull Ceylon E. F. Kelaart, A.S.B. 



«.o. 2 skulls No history, A.S.B. 



* Stuffed Chybassa S. R. Tickell, 1842, A.S.B. 



o. Stutfed A. Masters, A.S.B. 



r. Skelet. mted. R. W. G. Frith, 1848, A.S.B 



-p. Skull No history. 



Manis aurita. 



Manis pentadactyla, Linnaeus Syst. Nat., t2th ed., i, p. 52 (1766) fin part] ; 



Cantor Ann. Mag. N. H., ix, p. 275 (1842) ; Gray Cat. Hodgs. Coll., ist ed., 



p. 36 ; Blyth J. A. S. B , xxix, p. 93. 

 Mani=! .lurita, Hodgson J. A. S. B., v, p. 234 (1836); \A.J.A.S.B., x, p. on ; 



Blyfh Cat., p. 179; Jerdon Mamm., p. 316; Anderson Anat. Zool. Res., 



p. 352, pi. xxiv, figs. 3, 4 ; Jentink Notes Leyd. Mus., iv, p. 202. 



