HERPESTES BAD lUS.— Smith. 



Mammalia. — Plate IV. (Female.) 



II. badius, subtus pallidior, ad fulvum transiens, dorsi, caudajque pilis sordide flavo et nigro-annulatis ; 



caudaj apice nigro ; oculis rubris. 

 LoNGiTUDO corporis cum capite 12 unc, caudce 12 unc. 4 lin. 



Ichneumon Ratlamuchi, App. to Rep. of Exped. page 42, June 183G. 



Colour.— Above bright bay, beneath lighter, inclined to fulvous ; extremity 

 of the tail shining black. On the head, upper part of the neck, and limbs and 

 tail, the colour is darkest ; on the back and upper part of the sides it is 

 slightly variegated by a fine pencilling of dull yellow and black ; each, or at 

 least most of the hairs being annulated with these two colours in addition to 

 the bay which is the prevailing tint. Towards the root of the tail the hairs 

 are marked after the same fashion, only the quantity of brown is greater; 

 whiskers black. Ears coloured like the body ; eyes red ; nails a dark 

 horn colour. 



Form, &c. — Figure very slender ; head short, broad between the ears and 

 slender towards the muzzle ; ears very short ; legs of moderate length ; nails 

 nearly straight. The hair is shghtly rigid ; on the head it is short, on the 

 body considerably longer, and on the posterior portion of the back, outer 

 surface of the thighs and the tail it is longest, on some places measuring fully 

 three inches. On the tail it is laid close, so that though long, this part of the 

 animal is nevertheless moderately slender. On the ears the hair is very short, 

 and on their posterior surfaces is almost wanting. 



DIMENSIONS. 



lucbes. Lines, 

 Length from the tip of the nose to the 



root of the tail 12 



of the tail 12 4 



Height at the shoulder 4 2 



Inches. Lines. 

 Distance between the point of the nose 



and the eye 10 



between the eye and the upper 

 extremity of the ear 10 



