132 MAMMALIA OF INDIA. 
breast yellowish white; on the upper part this colour forms a broad 
regularly-defined band from the snout to the occiput ; ears of the same 
colour ; the nape of the neck, a narrow band across the breast, the 
anterior portion of the abdomen, the extremities, a band arising from 
the middle of the upper lip, gradually wider posteriorly, including the 
eyes and ears, and another somewhat narrower arising from the lower 
lip, passing the cheek, uniting with the former on the neck, are deep 
blackish-brown” (/orsfield). ‘The tail is short, attenuated towards the 
end, and covered with rough hairs. 
SizE.—From snout to root of tail, 25 inches; tail, 7 inches; height 
at the rump, 12 inches, 
M. Duvaucel states that “it passes the greatest part of the day in 
profound somnolence, but becomes active at the approach of night; its 
gait is heavy, slow, and painful; it readily supports itself erect on its 
hind feet, and prefers vegetables to flesh.” 
Jerdon alludes to all this, and adds, “‘one kept in captivity preferred 
fruit, p'antains, &c., as food, and refused all kinds of meat. Another 
would eat meat, fish, and used to burrow and grope under the walls of 
the bungalow for worms and shells.” My idea is Balu-suar, or Sand-pig 
is the correct name, although Bhalu-suwar or Bear-pig may hit off the 
appearance of the animal better, but its locality has always been pointed 
out to me by the Gonds in the sandy beds of rivers in the bamboo 
forests of Seonee ; and Horsfield also has it Badloo-soor, Sand-pig. 
Bewick, who was the first to figure and describe it, got, as the 
vulgar phrase hath it, the wrong pig by the lug, as he transiates it Sand- 
bear. McMaster also speaks of those he saw as being in deep ravines 
on the Sitang river. 
The stomach of Arctonyx is simple ; there is no czecum, as is the case 
also with the bears ; the liver has five lobes ; under the tail it has glands, 
as in the Badgers, secreting a fatty and odorous substance. 
No. 171. ARCTONYX TAXOIDES. 
The Assam Badger. 
Hapitrat.—Assam and Burmah. 
DESCRIPTION.—Smaller than the last, with longer and finer fur, 
narrower muzzle, smaller ears, shorter tail, and more distinct markings. 
The measurement of the respective skulls show a great difference. The 
length of a skull of a female of this species given by Dr. Anderson is 
4°75 inches against 6°38 of a female of 4. collaris. ‘The breadth across 
the zygomatic arch is 2°38 against 3°64 of 4. collaris. The breadth of 
the palate between the molars is only o’81 against 1°07. 
