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Pachyuka spp. 



Shreivs. 



S 47. Shenclurni, E. Khandesh. 



5 53. Fardapur, Haidarabad Dekhan. 



5 52. Fardapur, Haidarabad Dekhan. 

 In the present state of our knowledge of the Indian Shrews it is useless 

 to try and assign names to stray specimens. I have given considerable 

 study to the small amount of material available, and the only sure result 

 I have obtained is that all individuals from the plains of India belong to 

 the Genus Pachyura, while all Himalayan forms are Crocidura. In the 

 present case the coloration of the 2 Fardapur specimens is identical, yet 

 they, I believe, are undoubtedly different species, while No. 47 S from 

 Shendurni is the same species as No. 53 $ from Fardapur. This I gather 

 from the proportions of the body and the size of the teeth. 



Felis affinis, Gray. 

 The Jungle Cat. 

 1830. Felis affinis, Gray and Hardwicke. Ill, Ind. Zool. I., i)l. 3. 

 1832. Felis kutas, Pearson. J. A. S. B. I, p. 75. 

 1836. Felis (Lynchus) erytkrotus, Hodgson. J. A. S. B. v, p. 233. 

 1844. Felis jacquemontii, I. Geoffroi. Jacq. Voy., IV, p. 58. 

 1888. Felis chaus, Blanford. Mamalia No. 41. 

 $ 8. Jalgaum, E. Khandesh. 

 $ 138. Ghodasgainn, E. Khandesh. 

 c? 45, 49, 2 41. Shendurni, E. Khandesh. 

 $ 68. Fardapur, E. Khandesh. 

 d 102, 2 95. Edalabad, E. Khandesh. 

 Local name — Ran Billi. 

 Felis chaus was described from the Caspian Sea. In 1898, Mr. de 

 Winton studied this group of Oats and recognised S subspecies of chaus. 

 viz., ?«27ofo'ca and /Mr«.r, from Egypt and Palestine respectively, and affinis 

 from India. The two former are at once distinguishable by their teeth, 

 which are much larger and stouter than in true chaus. Mr. de Winton 

 distinguishes affinis from typical chaus by " its rather longer tail, bright 

 fox-red ears, and lighter build." He adds "The skull is narrower and the 

 teeth are not nearly so heavy." I have measured the upper carnassial in 

 a specimen from the Caucasus, and find it to be 15 x 7'5. 



In two specimens from Persia and Seistan these dimensions are practi- 

 cally the same, in a specimen from Gangutri, the type locality of affinis, 

 these dimensions are 13 x 6. In a series of skulls from the Punjab, 

 Rajputana, Central India, Khandesh, Poona, Nepal, &c., I have not found 

 one with a larger carnassial than this, while some are appreciably smaller. 

 There can be no sort of doubt that the Indian form is quite distinct from 



