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(30) MuNGOs sMiTHi, Gray. 



The Ruddij Mont/oose. 



(Synonymy in No. 7.) 



c? 1, $ 1, Mankeni; c? 1, Kirinda ; ? 1, Kala Oya ; S. 

 Ceylon c? 3, ? 4. 



[See also Reports Nos. 12 and 13.) 



(31) MuNGOS FLAVIDENS, Kel. 



The Ceylon Broion Mongoose. 

 (Synonymy in No. 13.) 

 1, Yatiyantota; S 2, Pattipola. S. Ceylon Si, 2 2. 



(32) Canis indicus. 



The Common Indian Jackal. 



(Synonymy in No. 3.) 



S 1, AsugamBay; c? 4, $ 1, Mankeni. 



{See also Reports except Nos. 2, 8, 13 and 17.) 



" Ja,ckals are common everywhere, but I obtained and saw most in the 

 Eastern Province."— E.W.M. 



(33) LUTKA LUTKA, L. 



The Co7nmon Otter. 



(Synonymy in No. 11.) 



$1, Newera Eliya. 



{See also Report No. 15.) 



*•' They appear to be in most of the rivers, also in the Lake at Kandy. 

 Most plentiful I should say in the trout streams, round Newera Eliya, where 

 1;he river Keepers shoot several every year." — E.W.M. 



(34) Meluksus uksinus, Shaw. 

 The Sloth Bear. 

 (Synonymy in No. 11.) 

 J 1, Delagowella ; S.Ceylon, cJl. 



Petaurista LANKA, Wrought. 

 The Large Grey Flying Squirrel. 

 (Synonymy in No. 13.) 

 S, Ceylon Si, 2 1. 



Ptbromys (Petinomys) layakdi, Kel. 

 The Small Ceylon Flying Squirrel. 



1850. Sciuropterus layardi, Kelaart, J. A. S. Ceyl. Vol. II, p. 328. 

 1890. Sciuropterus fuscocapillus, Blanford, Mammalia No. 237 (partim). 



S. Ceylon, $1. 

 This is the animal listed in Report No. 13 as Sciuropterus fuscocapillus, Bl. 

 Since then Miller has shown that the name Bteroonys must replace Sciurop- 

 terus. The type of layardi Kelaart is in the National Collection and though 

 in bad condition is sufficient to establish that this specimen is layardi. The 

 type oi fuscocap)illiit " apparently lost, and the only thing I have to repre- 

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