ARCTONYX. 131 
GENUS ARCTONYX. 
~Dentition much the same as that of the Badger (JZe/es). Incisors, 
2 +. can., —; pre-molars, 3-3 ; molars, ——, The incisors are disposed 
es 3-3 Es 
in a regular curve, vertical in the upper jaw, obliquely inclined in the 
lower ; canines strong, grinders compressed ; general form of the badger, 
but stouter. Feet five-toed, with strong claws adapted for digging, that 
of the index finger being larger than tiie other. 
No. 170. ARCTONYX COLLARIS. 
The Hog-Badger ( Jerdon’s No. 93). 
NatTivE Names.—Zalu-suar, Hind., Sand-pig, or, as Jerdon has it 
Bhalu-soor, Hind., i.e. Bear-pig ; Khway-too-wet-too, Arakanese. 
Hasitat.—Nepal, Sikim, Assam, Sylhet, Arakan, extending, as Dr. 
Anderson has observed, to Western Yunnan. The late General A. C. 
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Arctonyx collaris. 
McMaster found it in Shway Gheen on the Sitang river in Pegu. I 
heard of it in the forests of Seonee in the Central Provinces, but I never 
came across one. 
Description.—‘ Hair of the body rough, bristly, and straggling ; 
that of the head shorter, and more closely adpressed. Head, throat, and 
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