THE GREY INDIAN MUNGOOSE., 257 
lower ranges of the Himalaya and the neighbouring plains 
from Kashmir to Sikhim, as well as Lower Bengal. The 
variety A. dirmanicus 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. 1831, p. roz2. 
Herpestes frederici, Desmarest, Dict. Sci. Nat. vol. xxix. p. 60 
(1823). 
Mangusta malaccensis, Fischer, Synop. Mamm. p. 164 (1829). 
Mangusta griseus, Fischer, oc. cit. 
Herpestes nyula, 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. 
Fol i. p. 317 (1841). 
Herpestes mataccensis, Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 
Xxi. p. 349 (1852). 
Herpestes fimbriatus, Temminck, Esquisses Zool. p. 112 (1853). 
Calogale nyula, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 560. 
Cynictis fimbriatus, Gray, Cat. Carniv. Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 17 
(1869). 
Hlerpestes ferrugineus, Blanford, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1874, p. 661. 
ferpestes andersoni, Murray, Vertebr. Faun. Sind, p. 34 (1884). 
Herpestes mungo, Blanford, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1887, p. 631 ; id., 
Mamm. Brit. India, p. 123 (1888). 
Characters.—Size large ; fur not close and compact ; hairs on 
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