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marked with a tinge of blackish on the back. The white head is 

 banded with black, whilst the underparts are dusky coloured as the 

 photograph depicts. The length of the body is about thirty inches, 

 exclusive of the tail. This latter measures some eleven inches. 



In the structure of the skull, and also in regard to the teeth 

 (structurally, not numerically), the Sand Badgers differ from the 

 Common species; indeed the skull is different to that possessed by 

 any other kinds of mammals, with the exception of some of the 

 Edentates and Dolphins. 



The Indian species— for there are two smaller kinds "inhabiting 

 Assam and Arakan, and possibly China, while there is probably a 

 third in Eastern Tibet " — frequents undulating stony ground or 

 small hills among the jungle, and lives in fissures of the rocks or 

 holes which are excavated by the animal itself. 



