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tower ranges of the Himalaya and the neighbouring plains 

 from Kashmir to Sikhim, as well as Lower Bengal. The 

 variety H. birmanicus occurs in Assam, Burma, and perhaps 

 the Malay Peninsula. 



Mr. W. L. Sclater states that the only grounds for separating 

 the latter are its slightly larger size and darker colour ; but the 

 feet of some typical specimens are as large as those of the 

 variety. 



XI. THE GREY INDIAN MUNGOOSE. HERPESTES MUNGO. 



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

 Herpestes griseus, Desmarest, Mammalogie, p. 212 (1820); 



Sykes, Proc. Zool. Soc. 183 1, p. 102. 

 Herpestes frederici, Desmarest, Diet. Sci. Nat. vol. xxix. p. 60 



(1823). 

 Mangusta malaccensis, Fischer, Synop. Mamra. p. 164 (1829). 

 Mangusta griseus, Fischer, loc. cit. 

 Herpestes nyit/a, Hodgson, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. v. p. 



236 (1836). 

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

 Herpestes pallidus, Wagner, in Schreber's Saugethiere, Suppl. 



vol. ii. p. 311 (1841). 

 Herpestes malaccensis, Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 



xxi. p. 349 (1852). 

 Herpestes fimbriates, Temminck, Esquisses Zool. p. 112 (1853). 

 Calogale nyula, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 560. 

 Cynictis fimbriates, Gray, Cat. Carniv. Mamra. Brit. Mus. p. 17 



(1869). 

 Herpestes ferrugineus, Blanford, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1874, p. 661. 

 Herpestes andersoni, Murray, Vertebr. Faun. Sind, p. 34 (1884). 

 Herpestes mungo, Blanford, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1887, p. 631 ; id., 



Mamra. Brit. India, p. 123 (1888). 



Characters. — Size large ; fur not close and compact ; hairs on 

 7 s 



