SUMMARY 01 THE INDIAN MAMMAL SURVEY. 



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the Malay form. At the commencement of the Survey I named 

 a species, cuneiceps, from Cutch (J. B. N, H, S. xxi, p. 771, 1912), 

 the note incorporated in my Sind Keport, quoted above ; however, 



Thomas accepts it only as a subspecies, 

 arranged in a key as follows : — 



These forms may be 



A. 



Key to the species of Acanthion. 

 -A full crest of long hairs ; a mantle 



of long, thin spines ; the stout, stiff 

 spines of the back ringed black 

 and white. 



a. Size larger, condylo-basal length of 



skull 155 mm. ... ... ... 1 



b. Size smaller, condylo-basal length 



of skull 1 45 mm. ... ... . . . S 



B. — Little or no crest ; no mantle ; chief 



spines white with a black median 



ring. 

 a. The black on the chief spines much 



more than the white tips ... ... 3. hoagsom, Gray 



6. The black on the chief spines much 



less than the white tips ... ... 4. klossi, Thos. 



I. leucunis, Sykes, 

 I. cuneiceps, Wr. 



Distribution : — 



1. A. leucurus leucunis, 



Sykes. 



2. 



Type locality: — "Dukhun" (Sykes). 



OtJier localities : — Bannu, Punjab ; 

 ]-{ajputana ; Sehore ; Central India ; 

 Dekhan; Nilgiri Hills; Malabar; 

 Ceylon; Nepal (B. M.); Kathiawar; 

 Palanpur ; Khandesh r Berars ; Dhar- 

 war ; Coorg ; Mysore ; Ceylon ; 

 Kumaon (M. S. I.). 



T^joe:—B-M. No. 42.8.6.6. (Type 

 o^indica, Gray and Hardw. not found ; 

 Type of zeylonensis, Blyth, Ind. Mus. 

 Calc. No. e. ; Tj-pe of mcdabarica, Scla- 

 ter, B. M. No. 65. 1. 30. 10.). 

 A. leucurus cuneiceps, Tyjye locality: — Nokania, Cutch. 



Wroup-hton. 



3. A. hodgsoni, Gray. 



(B. N. H. S.— Crump). 



Other localities : — Cutch ; Sind (M. 

 S. I.). 



Type:—B. M. No. 12. 9. 1. 11. 



Type locality: — Nepal (Hodgson). 



Other localities : — Sikkim (B. M.) ; 

 Bhutan Duars (M. S. I.). 



