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(42) Maetes flavigula, Bodd. 



The Northern Indian Marten. 

 (Synonymy in No. 15.) 

 J 1, Chnntang. 



{See also Report No. 20.) 



" Vernacular names : Sakku (Lepcha) ; Shingsam (Bhotia) ; Mal- 

 8AMPRA (Pahari). 



Appears to be rare in Sikkim, more plentiful near Darjeeling. Mr. Gent 

 once saw a pair running down a Barking Deer fawn." — C. A. 0. 



(43) LUTRA LUTEA, L. 



The Common Otter. 



(Synonymy in No. 11.) 



1 (not sexed, no skull), Chuntang ; S 1? Dikchu. 

 1 (not sexed, no skull), Darjeeling. 



(*S'ee also Reports Nos. 15 and 18.) 



(44) AiLUEUS FULGENs, F., Cuv. 



The Red Cat-Bear. 



1826. Ailurus fulgens, F. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mamm. pi. 203. 



1847. Ailurus ochraceus, Hodgs., J. A. S. B., XVI., p. 1118. 



1888. Ailurus ful(/ens, Blanford, Mammalia, Mo. 96. 



cJS, $2, Chuntang; (j'l, Lachen ; Jl, 5 2, Lachung ; 1 

 ( not sexed, no skull ), Ringin. 



"Vernacular names: Sunam (Lepcha); Oakdonga (Bhotia). 



The Cat-Bear is comparatively plentiful in Sikkim at high elevations. 

 It is nocturnal, generally spending the day asleep amongst the topmost 

 boughs of pine trees. It is sluggish in its movements, and is often run down 

 and killed with sticks, by the Natives. One which was sitting in a tree 

 allowed a noose to be placed over its head and when pulled down landed on 

 the head of its would-be captor and in the ensuing excitement made good 

 its escape." 



(45) Petaueista nobilis. Gray. 



The Himalayan Flying Squirrel. 



1804. Pteromys nobilis, Gray, A. M. N. H., X., p. 263. 



1844. Ptei-omys chrysothriir, Hodgson, J. A. S. B., XIII., p. 67. 



1891. Pteromys mayniflcus, Blanford, Mammalia, No. 229 {Partim). 



5 r, Sedonchen ; $ 1, Batasia ; 1 (not sexed, skull in), Dar-^ 

 jeeling. 



In my paper on the Giant Flying Squirrels, (Vol. XX., p. 1018 and seq.) 

 I arrived at the conclusion that P. inornatus a Kashmir form was quite 

 distinct from albiventer, Gray, from Nepal, and that albiventer, Gray, and 

 maynifieus, Hodgs, were one animal, which however was quite distinct from 

 nobilis, Gray {chrysothrix, Hodgs). Gray and Hodgson described this animal 

 simultaneously but owing to delay in publication Gray's name appeared 

 two years earlier than Hodgson's and must stand for the species. 



"Vernacular names: Byom (Lepcha); Pyampio (Bhotia); Raj-Panki. 

 (Pahari). 



This handsome flying squirrel appears to have a local distribution in 

 Sikkim. I observed several near the Chumbi border at Sedonchen but the 



