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Felis affinis, Gray and Hardw. 

 The Jungle Cat. 



(For synonymy, see Report No. I.) 

 S 264. $ 264. Nokania, Cutch. 

 $ 326. Bhuj, Cutch. 



S 365. 376, 387; $ 367. Charwa, Cutch. 

 $ 523. Chitrod, Cutch. 



{Vide also Report No. 1.) 

 Vernacular name — Jhang->ibno, {H. II. the Rao.) 

 "'■'Common wherever there is sufficient cover. It is chiefly nocturnal." — 

 C. A. C] 



Felis ornata. Gray and Hardw. 

 The Indian Desert Cat. 



1832. Felis ornata, Gray and Hardwicke. 111. Ind. Zool. I, pi. 2. 

 1837. Felis servalina, Jardine. Nat. Libr., II, p. 232. 

 S 241. Bhuj, Cutch. 

 Vernacular name — Jhang-mbno. {H. H. the Rao.) 

 T" One specimen only was obtained, shot over the carcase of a fresh 

 killed sheep. I believe it to be commoner than is supposed, judging from 

 the number of cat-tracks found in quite open ground round burrows of the 

 Gerbil, where affinis is unlikely to have gone." — C. A. C] 



Felis cabacal, Guld. 



The Caracal. 



1776. Felis caracal, Guldenstadt. Nov. Com. Pet. XX, p. 500. 

 1888. Felis caracal, Blanford. Mammalia No, 42. 

 S 289. Dhonsa, Cutch. 

 $ 403. Bhuj, Cutch. 

 Vernacular name — HAYAJfATUO. {H. H. the Rao.) 

 ["Reported to be fairly common in the N. and N. W. Hills." — 

 C.A. C] 



ViVERKICULA MALACfJENSIS, Gmel. 



The small Indian Civet. 



1788. Viverra malaccensis, Gmelin. Syst. Nat, I, p. 92. 



1817. Viverra indioa, Geoffroy. Desm. Nouv. Diet. VII, p. 170. 



1832. Viverra bengalensis. Gray and Hardwicke. 111. Ind. Zool, I, 



pi. 4. 

 1832. Viverra pallida. Gray. P. Z. S., p. 63. 

 1888. Viverricula malaccensis, Blanford. Mammalia No. 48, 



6 297. Dhonsa, Cutch, 



9 485. Bhuj, Cutch. 



