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VXTLPES BENGALENSI8, Shaw. 



The Indian Fox. 



1800. Canis bengalensis, Shaw. Gen. Zool. I., p. 330. 



1831. Canis kokree, Sykes. P. Z. S., p. 101. 



1833. Canis rufescens, Gray and Hardwicke. III. Ind. Zool. II., p. 3. 



1833. Canis (Vulpes) indicus, Hodgson. As. Ees. XVIII. pt. 2, p. 237. 



1837. Vulpes hodgsonii, Gray. Charl. Mag. N. H. 1, p. 578. 



1888. Vulpes bengalensis, Blanford. Mammalia No- 72. 

 S 32. 2 30. Bhadgaum, E. Khandesh. 

 Local name — Koka. 



The present specimens undoubtedly represent Canis kokree, Sykes, whose 

 type locality was " Dukhun," but whether they are separable from rufescens 

 and true bengalensis there is no sufficient material available to me on which 

 to decide. 



The first and last three synonyms, above, probably represent the same 

 animal, unless the Fox of the United Provinces is different from that of 

 Bengal in which case rufescens must be used for the former. 



Jalgaon. — I also put up a Fox, reddish in colour and with a very pro- 

 nounced white tip to his tail, after consulting "Blanford '' I presume this 

 must have been Vulpes leucopus, it appeared larger than No. 30 which was 

 collected later. 



I met Mr. Jenkins (Police Superintendent) here (Fardapur), and he asserts 

 that he has occasionally in Khandesh observed foxes with the tails tipped 

 white which bears out my own observation. 



[Wadgaon AifD Bhadgaon. — On an isolated hill I trapped a fox and from 

 the condition of the mammse I judged she had just reared a litter of cubs, 

 so the " earth " which had two openings was opened and found to be about 

 •") feet long, both passages leading to the nest ; however, it contained no cubs, 

 so I had a further look round and found another " earth " on the opposite 

 side of the hill, I concluded this was the bore of the S and perhaps where 

 the cubs had hidden, so trapped and caught one cub. The " earth " had 

 6 outlets and several runs from 4 to 6 ft. long and all but one converging to 

 a centre chamber, one run started from the centre and going straight for a 

 few feet turned sharply into a hollowed out chamber. The earth was 

 empty except for the remains of a hare. — C. A. C] 



FxJNAMBULUS PENNANTi, Wrought. 

 The Common Five-striped Squirrel. 

 1891. Sciurus palmarum, Blanford. Mammalia No. 253 (part). 

 1905. Funamulus pennanti, Wroughton. Journ., B. N. H. S., p. 411, 

 S 2, 3. Parola, E. Khandesh. 

 2 34, 35. Pachora, E. Khandesh. 

 2 46, (no skull). Shendurni, E. Khandesh. 



