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Sciurus Palmarum, Linn. Abundant in the aouthem region. 



Sciurus n. s. ?, of an earthy bro\\Ti colour tipped with golden yel- 

 iOW, occurs in the centrai region. 



Sciuropterus nitidus, F. Cuv. In the lower and centrai regions, 

 but rarely in the latter. 



Mus decumanus, Linn., 



Mus Rattus, Linn. Both very numerous and troublesome. 



Mus Musculus, Linn. Very uncommon. 



Field Mice are frequently met with. 



EdenTata. 



Manis n. s., allied to Man. Javanica, Desm. Of freąuent occur- 

 rence in the hills of the lower region and in the mountains of the 

 centrai tract. 



Pachydermata. 



Elephas Indicus, Cuv., 



Rhinoceros unicornis, Cuv., are both abundant in the forest and 

 hills of the lower region, whence in the rainy season they issue 

 into the cultivated parts of the Tarai to feed upon the rice crops. 



Mr. Hodgson suggests that there are two varieties, or perhaps 

 rather species, of the Indian Elephant, the Ceylonese and that of 

 the Saul forest. The Ceylonese has a smaller lighter head, "vvhich 

 is carried more elevated; it has also higher fore-quarters. The 

 Elephant of the Saul forest has sometimes five nails on its hinder 

 feet. 



The Rhinoceros goes ■with young from seventeen to eighteen 

 months and produces one at a birth. At birth it measinres 3 feet 4 

 inches in length, and 2 feet in height. An individual bom at Kat- 

 mandoo eight years since measures now 9 feet 3 inches in length; 

 4 feet 10 inches in height at the shoulders; the utmost girth of his 

 body is 10 feet 5 inches ; the length of the head, 2 feet 4 inches ; 

 of the horn, 5 inches : he is evidently far from being adult. It is 

 believed that the animal lives for one hundred years ; one, taken 

 mature, was kept at Katmandoo for thirty-five years without exhibit- 

 ing any symptoms of approaching decline. The young continues to 

 suck for nearly two years. It has when bom and for a month after- 

 •wards a pink sufFusion over the dark colour proper to the mature hide. 



Sus. scrofa, Linn., var. 



RUMINANTIA. 



Cervus Axis, Erxl. 



Cervus por cinus, Zimm. 



Cervus n. s. ?, a brown porcine Axts. 



Cervus Elaphus, Linn., ? 



Cervus Aristotelis, Cuv. 



Cervus ecuinus, Cuv. 



