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e. Presented by G. Wilts, Esq., C.M.Z.S., March 5, 1868. From 



La Plata. 



/. Female. Purchased, Nov. 19, 1869. 

 g. Male. Presented hy H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh, 



F.Z.S., June 3, 1871. 

 li. Female. Purchased, June 9, 1871. 

 i. Purchased, June 17, 1875. 



Genus ICTONYX*. 



236. Ictonyx zorilla (Thunb.). Cape Zorilla. 

 Hob. Cape Colony. 



a. Purchased, March 2, 1868. 



Genus MELLIVORA. 



237. Mellivora capensis (Schreb.). Cape Ratel. 

 Hab. Africa. 



a. Male. Presented by Capt. Tower, R.N., July 11, 1857. 



b. Female. Presented by E. Wemyss, Esq., Nov. 30, 1861. 



c. Female. Received in exchange, Aug. 3, 1866. Specimen 



described and figured, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 98, pi. vni., as 

 Mellivora lemonota, Sclater. See also P. Z. S. 1871, p. 232. 



238. Mellivora indica (Shaw) . Indian Ratel. 

 Hab. India. 



a, b. Males. Presented by Arthur Grote, Esq., F.Z.S., April 

 26, 1862. 



c. Male. Presented by Dr. Anderson, F.Z.S., March 25, 1870. 



d. Female. Presented by L. Macneill, Esq., May 29, 1874. 



Genus TAXIDEA. 



239. Taxidea americana (Zimm.). American Badger. 

 Hab. North America. 



a. Purchased, Jan. 23, 1869. See P. Z. S. 1869, p. 149. 



* This genus, instituted by Kaup in 1835 (Thierreich, i. p. 352), 

 must take precedence over Rliabdogale of Wiegmann (1838), in his 

 article on the dentition of the Carnivora (Wiegm. Arch. iv. pt. i. 

 p. 279), and Zorilla, Gray, List of Mamm. p. 67 (1843). 



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