504 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXII. 



Melubsus uksinus, Shaw. 

 The Sloth Bear or Indian Bear. 



1791. Bradypus ursinus, Shaw, Nat. Misc. II, pi. 58. 



1817. Ursus labiatus, Blainv. Bull. Soc. Philom. p. 74. 



1856. Ursus inornatus, Pucheran, Rev. Mag. Zool. VII, p. 392. 



1888. Melursus ursinus, Blanford, Mammalia, No. 100. 

 2594 (skull only) . . Nagarhole, S. Coorg. 



" Occurring in the thinly populated parts of Coorg, particularly in 

 the eastern districts close to the South Mysore borders where the jungle 

 is deciduous. Said to frequently lie up by the day in dense lantana 

 thickets, or in thick clumps of bamboos." — G. C. S. 



Vernacular name : — Karadi. 



Petaubista philippensis, Ell. 



The South Indian Flying Squirrel. 



(Synonymy in No. 6.) 



7 d c? , 12 $ $ . Haleri, N. Coorg. 



1 5 . Virajpet, S. Coorg. 



1 c?, 1 ?. Kutta, S. Coorg. 



2 S 6 • Srimangala, S. Coorg. 



{See also Report No. 6.) 



General colour grizzled grey, under fur ashy grey with white tips ; 

 shoulders, limbs and flanks rusty red ; underside dirty white ; tail black 

 except at commencement which is grey. Fur, very soft. Head and body 

 about 18 inches, tail 20 inches, weight of a female 4 lbs. 



" Plentiful, apparently more evenly distributed in Coorg than in North 

 Kanara, where, although fairly plentiful, they were distinctly local." — 

 G. C. S. 



Vernacular names : — Hababekku Paeumbekku. 



Ratufa indica superans, Ryl, 



The Coorg Giant Squirrel. 



1913. Ratufa indica superans. — Ryley. Journ. B. N. H. S., Vol. xxii, p. 436. 

 7 c? J, 3 2 $ . Wotekolli, S. Coorg. 



3 S 6 A 2 • Makut, S. Coorg. 



General colour chestnut red ; underside pale yellow which extends on 

 to the front of the fore paws and around the sides of the head and face, 

 becoming almost white on the top of the head ; ears have tufts of chestnut 

 hair ; whiskers black ; terminal end of tail yellow, the underside of tail is 

 paler throughout. Head and body about 18 inches, tail 20 inches. Tail 

 hairs fairly long and bushy. 



" With one exception, which was intermediate, the whole series of 14 

 specimens from Wotekolli and Makut to the west of the Brahmagiri hills 

 appear identical in colour with those from Dharwar and North Kanara, show- 

 ing no traces of black. A second series from Nagarhole and Kutta to the 

 east of the Brahmagiris, where the forests are entirely deciduous, difi'ered 

 in all having black tails. While a single specimen, No. 2572, sent by Mr. 

 Van Ingen from Chamarajnagar (South Mysore), less than 30 miles to the 

 east of Nagarhole, difl'ers again in having the shoulders and hind quarters 

 as well as the tail black. These three localities are all in the same latitude 

 and the amount of black on individuals evidently increases here from west 

 to east. The black-tailed forms from Nagarhole, etc., being intermediate 

 between the two extremes ; but it is remarkable to find such marked 



