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CATALOGUE. 



From the description and figure of Mr. Hodgson, it appears that the 

 character of the Tibetan animal consists in the marked separation of 

 the light and dark parts of the external covering. He gives the follow- 

 ing specific character. " Fur long ; above and laterally sordid fulvous, 

 deeply shaded on the back with black. Below, from throat backwards, 

 with whole limbs and tail, black. Head pale, with a dark mark over 

 the face. Snout to vent fourteen inches : head less three ; tail six, 

 with terminal hair seven. Palma one and three-quarters : planta two 

 and three-eighths." (J. A. S. B. XVIII. p. 448.) Mr. H. further gives 

 a detailed account of the structural peculiarities of his specimen from 

 Central Tibet, which apply strictly to our specimen ; and the skulls of 

 both agree in all points. Of the habits nothing is communicated. 

 Further comparisons are required to confirm the distinctness of the 

 animal, and its specific rank. 



Genus HELICTIS, Gray, Proceed. Zool Soc. 1831, p. 94. Schinz 

 et al 



GULONIS species, Horsfield, Hodgson, Desmar., et al. 

 MYDAI Spec., Fischer, Temminck, Muller, et al. 

 126. HELICTIS ORIENTALIS, Horsfield, Spec. 



Gulo Orientalis, Horsfield, Zool. Research. Desmar., 



Mamm. Suppl. p. 537. 

 Mydaus orientalis, Muller, Over de Zoog. v. d. Ind. ArcJiip. 



p. 27. 

 Helictis orientalis, Gray, Cat. Mamm. Br. Mus. Additional 



species, p. 195. 



Mydaus macrourus (Kuhl), Fischer, Synops. Mamm. p. 155. 

 Temminck, Tabl. me'th. des Mammif. in Monogr. 

 p. XX. gen. XV. (Genus Mydaus, F. Cuv., deux 

 especes, M. Meliceps, qui a servi de type, et Gulo 

 orientalis de M. Horsfield, que je propose de nommer 

 Mydaus macrourus, Kuhl.) 

 NYENTEK, of the Javanese, Horsfield. 

 BIEOEL, of the Sundanese, Muller. 



HAB. Java, Horsfield, Muller, Tafel der Zoogd. v. d. Ind. 

 Archip. en hunner verspreidung. 

 A. Horsfield's Collection from Java. 



Mr. J. E. Gray, who established this genus (Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1831, 

 p. 94),* observes, " This genus, which inhabits Eastern Asia, has the 



* Dentes pri mores g : laniarii T T : molar es f - ; carnivori T - T , in maxilla 

 superior! 3-lobati, cum processu interno sub central! lato 2 -acuminate : tuberculares 



