MANUAL OP THE NILAGIRI DISTRICT. 



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Paradoxurus musanga 

 Paradoxurus sp. ? 

 Herpestes Smithii. 



„ fuscus. 



„ vitticollis. 



FAMILY VIVERRID^. 



The Common Tree-Cat. 



The Ruddy Mungoos, 



The Nilagiri Bronm Muvgoos. 



The Stripe-necked Mtingoos. 



FAMILY CANIDiE. 



Cuon rutilans. The Wild Bog. 



CHAP. VIII, 

 PART I. 



Zoology. 



ORDER RODENTIA. 



FAMILY SCIURID^. 



Sciurus Malabaricus. 



„ Elphinstonei. 



„ macrourus. 



„ palraarum. 



„ tristriatus. 



„ sublineatus. 

 Pteromys petaurista. 



The Malabar Squirrel. 

 The Bombay Red Squirrel. 

 The Grizzled Hill Squirrel. 

 The Common Striped Squirrel. 

 The Jungle Striped Squirrel. 

 The Nilagiri Striped Squirrel. 

 The Brown Flying Squirrel. 



FAMILY MURID^. 



Nesokia Indica. 

 Mus Nilagiricus. 



„ crassipes. 



„ Darjeelingensis. 

 Platacan thorny s lasiurus. 

 Golunda Elliotti. 



The Indian Mole-Rat. 

 The Nilagiri Tree-Mouse. 

 The Large-footed Mouse. 

 The Darjeeling Mouse. 

 The Long-tailed Spiny Motise. 

 The Bush or Coffee Rat. 



Hystrix leucura. 



FAMILY HYSTRICID^. 



The Indian Porcupine. 



Elephas Indicus. 



ORDER UNGULATA. 

 TRIBE PROBOSCIDEA. 



FAMILY ELEPHANTID^. 



The Indian Elephant. 



Sus Indicus. 



TRIBE CH^RODIA. 

 FAMILY SUID^. 



The Indian Wild Boar. 



Rusa aristotelis. 

 Axis maculatus. 



TRIBE RUMINANTIA. 

 FAMILY CERVID^. 



The Samher Stag. 

 Tlie Spotted Deer. 



