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their caves, and are rarely or never seen from 

 the month of December till the end of March. 

 The following list shows the families, genera, and 

 general species of Mammals in the South and 

 East of Asia. 



Order Primate : Various kinds of monkeys, 

 numberless kinds of bats, and several kinds of 

 moles, shrews, and hedgehogs. 



Order Carnivora, or, Beasts of Prey : Tribe 

 Plantigrada, walking on sole of foot : The snow 

 bear; brown, yellow, grey, and silver bear of 

 Himalayas; Himalayan black bear; Indian black 

 or sloth bear (has a horseshoe mark on breast), 

 red-cat bear, badgers, weasels, and otters of 

 various kinds. 



Tribe Digitigrada : These animals walk on the 

 digits, and are typical carnivora, being very quick 

 and speedy. Family, Felidae or Cat Tribe: The 

 lion, tiger, leopard, cats, pard, cheetah, clouded 

 leopard, marked tiger-cat, leopard-cat, large tiger- 

 cat, bay-cat, and the ounce. The Asiatic lion is 

 found in Allahabad, Jubbulpore, Cutch, Guz, and 

 Gwalior. The tiger is found all over India, and 

 as far up the Himalayas as six and seven thous- 

 and feet. 



Family Viverridac Tribe : Hyaenas, civet cats, 

 tiger civet, toddy cat, hill tree-cat, Terai tree-cat, 

 black bear cat, and various kinds of mongoose. 



