2 60 LLOYDS NATURAL HISTORY. 



XIV. THE CEYLON MUNGOOSE. HERPESTES FULVESCENS. 



Herpestes fu/vescens, Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. xx. 



p. 162 (1851); Blanford, Mamm. Brit. India, p. 127 



(1888); W. L. Sclater, Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus. pt. ii. 



p. 255 (1891). 

 Cyniclis maccart/iice, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 185 1, p. 131. 

 Onychogale maccart/iicz, Gray, op. cit. 1864, p. 570. 

 Herpestes maccarthicc, Anderson, Anat. Zool. Research. Exped. 



Yun-nan, p. 178 (1878). 

 Herpestes ceylanicus, Nevill, Taprobanian, vol.'i. p. 62 (1885). 

 Characters. — Distinguished from the last by its general light- 

 yellowish colour, owing to the abundant speckling of the fur 

 with yellow; tail-tip pure yellow; size also less. Length of 

 head and body, about i6}£ inches; of tail, 12^ inches. 

 Distribution. — Ceylon 



XV. THE JAVAN MUNGOOSE. HERPESTES JAVANICUS. 



Ichneumon javanicus, Geoffroy, Descript. de l'Egypte, vol. ii. 



p. 138 (1813) ; F. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mamm. pt. xxv 



(1821). 

 Ichneumon i-uber, Geoffroy, op. cit. p. 139. 

 Herpestes javantctis, Desmaiest, Mammalcgie, p. 212 (1820); 



Anderson, Zool. Anat. Research. Exped. Yun-nan, p. 185 



(1878). 

 Mangusta javanica, Horsfield, Zool. Research, plate (1824). 

 Mangusta n/ora, Fischer, Synops. Mamm. p. 165 (1829). 

 Herpestes exilis, Gervais, Voy. Bonite, p. 32 (1841). 

 Herpestes ruti/us, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1861, p. 136. 

 Calogale rutila, Gray, op. cit. 1864, p. 561 ; id., Cat. Carniv. 



Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 159 (1869). 

 Characters — Very similar to the last, from which it may be 

 distinguished by its shorter tail, which is only equal to half the 

 length of the head and body. 



