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province of Kattywar in Guzerat — the Tiger, the Leopard, and 

 the Cheetah. The members of the succeeding family, Mustelidse are 

 mostly more northern in their range, but the Indian list includes at 

 least one Martin (Maries Jlaviffula), a species of wide distribution, 

 and two Mustelce belonging to the Subhimalayan region. The 

 Katcl {Mellivora indica), which, judging from the living specimens 

 now in the Zoological Society's Gardens, seems separable from its 

 African brother (M. cape?isis), a species of the Eastern- Asiatic genus 

 Helictis, and two of the peculiar Indian form Arctonyx likewise 

 belong to this family of the Carnivora, which seems altogether 

 to number about nine Indian representatives. Of the remaining 

 family of this Order — the Ursidae — four very distinct species occur 

 in various parts of the same country. The " Wah" (Ailurus 

 fulgens) is a somewhat abnormal form, confined to the slopes 

 of the Himalayas, and not descending below the level of 7000 

 feet. The Ursus isabellimos is probably nothing more than a variety 

 of the widely distributed Ursus arctos^ and is also confined to 

 the higher ranges of the Himalayas, while the lower forest-districts 

 of the same region are tenanted by the TIrsus tibefanus or Black 

 Bear of the Indian sportsmen, and the Sloth Bear {ProcJiilus 

 laUatus) is generally distributed over the Indian peninsula and 

 Ceylon. 



The Insectivora, which follow next the Carnivora in Mr. Blyth's 

 list, are also numerous in India, particularly the Shrews of the genua 

 Sorex and its allied forms, of which nearly twenty species have been 

 recorded as belonging to this Fauna,* although the whole of this 

 difficult group requires a searching revision. Of the Hedgehogs 

 (Erinaceits), at least two species are found in India, and of the 

 Banxrings {Tiipaia), one well-marked species inhabits the Eastern 

 ghats of the peninsula,! while a second runs up the Malayan 

 peninsula, as far north as the Khasya hills, and perhaps even to 

 Sikhini. The TalpidsD are only represented in India, as far as 

 we know at present, by two species of the typical genus TaJpa. 



The Cetaceans of the Indian seas, according to Mr. Blyth's 

 catalogue, consist of seven species of DelphinidsD, the Sperm-whale, 



* See an article by Messrs. Blyth and Tomes, Ami. N. H. ser. 2, xvii. p. 11, 

 (1856.) 



t Tripaia cUiotti, Waterhousc, P. Z. S. 1849, pi. xiii. p. 106. 



