310 Mr. W. T. Blanford on new Mammalia 



The description is by Mr. Dobson, who very kindly ex- 

 amined and determined the few bats which I collected in 

 Persia, as he had previously described those obtained by 

 Major St. John (Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1870, vol. xl. pt. 2, 

 p. 455). 



2. Erinaceus macr acanthus, sp. nov. 



E. affinis E. aurlto, Pall., aculeis longioribus, ad tergum posticum 

 sesquipollicaribus, nigris, basin versus albido biannulatis ; corpore 

 subtus pilis longiusculis albidis, ad latera partim atque postice 

 omnino fuscis induto ; pedibus fuscis. 



Long, tota 9-5, cranii 2-2, caudse 1-25, auris 2, palmse 1*2, plantas 

 1-5 poll. 



Hab. in Carmania. 



This hedgehog is distinguished from all allied species by 

 its long spines and the coloration. It is most nearly allied to 

 E. megalotiS) the Kandahar species ; but the spines are longer, 

 and entirely black towards the ends in the adult. 



3. Vulpes persicus, sp. nov. 



V. pallidus, rufescenti-isabellinus, fronte ferruginea ; auribus extus 

 pallide rufis, apices versus nigris, inarginibus isabellinis ; pilis 

 dorsalibus pallidis, canescentibus, plerumque nigro terminatis, 

 postice magis rufis, vellere purpurascenti-cinereo, lanoso, longo ; 

 lateribus ventreque pallide isabellinis, vellere cinerascente vel 

 albido : Cauda rufescente vel isabellina, subtus pallidiore, apice 

 albo vel nigro nullo ; pedibus extus rufis, nonnullis pilis nigris 

 sparsis immixtis. 



Long, corporis cum capite (ad coriuni exsiecatum) circum 24, 

 caudae 14, auris 3*5, pedis posterioris cum tarso 5, cranii 5*15 

 poll. 



Hab. in Persia, circum Shiraz, Isfahan, &c. 



A near ally of V. leucopus, Blyth, but larger, with much 

 larger teeth, and differently coloured. 



4. Meles canescens, sp. nov. 



M. affinis M. Taxo, sed minor, canescenti-griseo, haud fusco, dentibus 

 posticis angustioribus. 



Hab. in Persia circum Isfahan, &c. 



This badger is much paler in colour than the common Euro- 

 pean species, and exhibits many cranial differences. A stuffed 

 skin measures 2 feet 9 inches from the nose to the insertion of 

 the tail. The skull is 5*1 inches long, 2*9 broad. It is broader 

 between the orbits, and the nasal portion is shorter, than in 

 M. Taxus ; and whilst the last upper molar in a series of skulls 



