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iSli'uU : — Greatest length 32*2 mm., condylo-incisive length 31-8, 

 basilar length 27'2, length of upper molar series 5*5 ; diastema 9'3 ; 

 nasals 12-3 ; zygomatic breadth 15-5. 



Habitat. — Lunwa, Palanpur, Gujarat. Altitude 150 feet. 



Type.— Adult male. B. M. No. 13. 8. 23. 3. Original "No. 

 3196. Collected 13th April 1913 by C. A. Crump and presented 

 to the National Collection by the Bombay Natural Historj' Societ5^ 



The characteristic pale-grej^ colour is verj^ constant throughout 

 the fine series of t\Yenty-three specimens. 



G. Two NEW SUBSPECIES OF MuNGOOSE. 



Three specimens of mungoose froni Palanpur are so conspicuovrsly 

 pale in colour in comparison with the eighty odd specimens 

 already obtained during the survey, and with those in the British 

 Museum, that I consider that a new s^ibspecific name appears to be 

 necessary for them. 



MUNGOS MUNGO FALLENS, Subsp. n. 



The ijale-cjrey Mungoose. 



A mungoose similar to Mungos riiunc/o in size and general ap- 

 pearance but differing considerably in colour and in the coarseness 

 of the speckles. 



Following Mr. Wroughton's example, I am taking the Dharwar 

 group of mungoose as typical of mungo, the type locality of which 

 is not known; but as he has pointed out, the S.-W. Coast may be 

 accepted, as the name is based on the Portuguese name of the 

 animal. 



Whereas this southern species has a general colour of dark steel- 

 grey, closely speckled with deep-brown, which gives a very dark 

 impression, the Palanpur specimens have a general colour of light 

 (almost whitish) grey coarselj?- speckled with light-brown. The 

 under fur of mungo is a pale brownish grey, that of i)atlens is 

 practically white. The head and feet of fallens are of a red roan 

 colour; the southern specimens have very dark-brown feet, and no 

 roan on the head. The tail is also paler, the tip being nearly 

 white. The throat and belly are very light, being dirty white in 

 some cases, while mungo has a yellow-brown underside, slightly 

 speckled with grey. 



Dimensions of the type (measured in the flesh) : — 

 Head and body 378 mm., tail 398, hindfoot 74, ear 27, 

 weight 3;^ lbs. 



Shull. — Condylo-incisive length 79*3, basilar length 73*2, pala- 

 tilar length 41-5; front of canine to back of carnassial 25-3; 

 breadth across carnassials (from outerside) 26 ; zygomatic breadth 

 41-1; least inter-orbital breadth 15-5 ; inter-temporal constriction 



