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DR. J. E. GRAY ON MELES CHINENSIS. [Mar. 12, 



distinctly variegated as that of the European Badger, and very much 

 harsher. 



Fig-1. 





Meles chinensis. a. Hinder upper grinders. 



The skull (figs. 1, 2) is so like that of Meles leucurus from Thibet, 

 that I should have regarded them as the same, if there were not so 

 much difference in the length and flaccidness and coloration of the 

 fur, and the abundance of the under-fur. This may depend on the 

 climate. 



The shortness and peculiar colour of the fur are exactly alike in 

 the specimens sent by Dr. Hartland from Hongkong and by Mr. 

 Consul Swinhoe from Amoy. 



