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No. 243. HERPESTES VITTICOLLIS. 
The Stripe-necked Mungoose (Jerdon’s No. 133). 
NativE NaMe.—Loco-moogatea, Singhalese. 
Hasirat.—Southern India, Ceylon, “Burmah ? 
Description.—Grizzled grey, more or less ferruginous, especially on 
the rump and tail; a dark stripe from the ear to the shoulder; tail 
rufous black at the tip; skull characteristics : large, with flattened and 
expanded frontal region, projected narrow muzzle and powerful teeth, 
larger than other Asiatic Her, ‘pestes, the last molar being proportionately 
oreater. 
S1zE.—Head and body 21 inches ; tail 15 inches. 
I have put Burmah in the list of places where this mungoose is found, 
having lately been shown by Mr. Davison the skin of a stripe-necked 
mungoose obtained by him in Burmah, which seemed to be of this 
species. 
The next has been formed into a separate genus, Urva; the teeth 
are blunter than in Herestes. 
No. 244. URVA CANCRIVORA. 
The Crab-eating Mungoose ( Jerdon’s No. 134). 
HasiTaT.—South-east Himalayas, Assam, and Burmah. 
DeEscripTion.—“ General colour fulvous iron-grey, inner fur woolly, 
outer of long straggling lax hairs, generally ringed with black, white, 
Urva cancrivora. 
and fulvous ; in some the coat has a variegated aspect; in other as 
uniform tawny tint prevails, and in a few dark rusty brown mixed with 
grey is the prevalent hue; abdomen brown; limbs blackish-brown ; a 
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