260 LLOYDS NATURAL HISTORY. 
XIV. THE CEYLON munQbose. HERPESTES FULVESCENS, 
Ferpestes fulvescens, 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. it. 
p. 255 (1891). 
Cynicits maccarthie, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1851, p. 131. 
Onychogale maccarthie, Gray, op. cit. 1864, p. 570. 
Herpestes maccarthie, Anderson, Anat. Zool. Research. Exped. 
Yun-nan, p. 178 (1878). 
Fer pestes 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 16% inches; of tail, 1214 inches. 
Distribution.— Ceylon 
XV. THE JAVAN MUNGOOSE. HERPESTES JAVANICUS. 
Ichneumon javanicus, Geoffroy, Descript. de Egypte, vol. ii. 
p. 138 (1813); F. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mamm. pt. xxv 
(1821). 
Ichneumon ruber, Geoffroy, of. cit. p. 139. 
Herpestes javanicus, Desmarest, Mammalogie, p. 212 (1820); 
Anderson, Zool. Anat. Research. Exped. Yun-nan, p. 185 
(1878). 
Mangusta javanica, Horsfield, Zool. Research. plate (1824). 
Mangusta rubra, Fischer, Synops. Mamm. p. 165 (1829). 
Herpestes exilis, Gervais, Voy. Bonite, p. 32 (1841). 
Flerpestes rutilus, 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. 
