MAMMAL sua VJ^Y uF INDIA. 1185 



VULPES BENGALENSIS, ShaW. 



The common Indian Fox. 

 (Synonymy in No. 1.) 

 c? 493 ; $ 68, 486. Dharw^ar. 

 (5 122. Devikop, Dharwar, 

 S 311. Gadag, Dharwar. 

 (S 609. Hawsbhavi, S. Dharwar. 



{See also Reports Nos. 1 and 3.) 

 Vernacular names. — Kunnl-Nari, Kemp-Nari, Konk, Chandak-Nari 

 (Kanarese) ; Lokri kokri (Marathi) ; Giinta-Nakka (Waddars). 



[ " Fairly plentiful, chiefly among rocky hills and broken country, often 

 seen in the day-time. This fox is said to be difficult to hunt, except by 

 sight, as it leaves a very slight scent." — G. C. S.] 



Tile common Indian Fox from a photograph. 



Ratxjfa indica, Erxl. 



The Bombay Giant Squirrel. 



1777. Sciurus indicus, Erxleben. Syst. Reg. An., p. 420. 



1777. Sciurus purpureus, Ximmermann. Spec. Zool.Grog. Anad., p. 518. 



1785. Sciurus bombayannus, Boddaert. Elench. An., p. 117. 



1831. Sciurus elphinstonei, Sykes. P. Z. S., p. 103. 



1891. Sciurus indicus, Blanford. Mammalia, No. 239 (partim). 



c? 150, 151, 158, 161, 164, 165, 166, 192 ; $ 149, 157, 163, 



191. Devikop, Dharwar. 

 d 784, 786, 788, 789 ; 9 758, 759, 770, 778, 779, 780, 785, 787 

 Samasgi, S. Dharwar, 

 Blanford wrote on these squirrels in a paper in our Journal (Vol. XVI 

 p. 298) and later 1 dealt with them (Vol. XIX., p. 880.) These specimens 

 are unmistakably indicus, which is curious for Mysore specimens, I believe, 

 belong to another of Blanford's races. 



