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incliuh'd sjH'ck-s is specitii-ally distinct t'n)in another placed 

 by (iray hiinselt in Ilerpe.iUx. 



12. y'fP/jj'oya/t' (( )rieMtal). It is d()ul)tt'iil if this even he en- 

 titled to more than subgenerie rank ; an<l it is erroneously, 

 I think, ascribed to the Indian province. Jerdon, J 

 believe, correctly states that it is only found in the 

 ^falabar j)rovincc. 



13. Jfi/irna (rahearetic and Oriental ; a Palwarctic sj)ccies). 

 This is correct; but whilst other species of the ^enus arc 

 found throui^hout the Kthiopian re,<;ion, the family is 

 unrepresented in the Oriental region beyond the limits of 

 the Indian province, with the exception, I believe, of 

 Assam, into which it may have strayed from Bengal. 



14. Canis (Pala'arctic and Oriental to Malaya). Ethiopian 

 as well — typical forms of jackal (e. g. Canin mesomelas 

 and C. varii'tjatus) J wrongly classed by Gray as foxes, 

 being found throughout Africa, whilst jackals are only 

 found as stragglers in Burmah, and are unknown in 

 Malayasia. The wolf {C. palUpes) found in India differs 

 a good deal from Palwarctic forms, and requires com- 



f)arison with the Abyssinian C. simensis. By Gray this 

 ast species and C. anthus, a widely spread African 

 species, are made into separate genera, affined to Lupus, 

 but I do not know how far the distinction is justified. 

 No wolves are found in Malayasia. 



15. Cuon (Oriental to Malaya). Palajarctic also. Gray has 

 shown that Cam's aljn'nus of Pallas belongs to the genus ; 

 and Hodgson states that his C. jn-ima-vu^ is found in 

 Tibet. A species of Cuon, probably C. alpinus, is 

 recorded from Western Tibet also. 



16. Vulpes (very wide range). Unknown in Malayasia. 

 The South-African Merjalotts is probably a representative 

 form ; and the North-African and south Palaiarctic Fen- 

 necs certainly are. 



17. Lutra ((Jricntal and Pala;arctic). No good reason has 

 been assigned for separating the South-African L. maculi- 

 coUi's. 



18. Mellivora (Ethiopian). Peculiar to the Indian province in 

 the Oriental region, not even known to occur in Malabar. 



19. Melursiis ((Oriental only; family not Ethiopian). The 



genus Mi'lnrsus is peculiar to India, being replaced in 

 the Himalayas and east of the bay by Ifefarctos', but I 

 doubt if either is more than subgenerically separable 

 from Ursus. 



20. Sus (Pala^arctic and Oriental, not Ethiopian). Replaced 

 by an allied genus Potamochoerus in the Ethioj)ian region. 



