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Felis Par dug, Linn., 



Felis Leopardtis, Linn., 



Felis jubata, Linn., 

 are all found in the lower region. 



The Leopard extends into the central region, where it abounds, 

 but is much less dreaded than the Bear. 



The Leopard is found moreover in the northern region ; and the 

 Tiger also occurs there, close to the snows, but scarcely in the cen- 

 tral region. 



Felis Nepalensis, Vig. and Horsf., 



Felis Moormensis, Hodgs., 

 belong to the central region ; as does also an undescribed and beau- 

 tifully marked species. 



Felis viverrinus, Benn., is confined to the Tarai. 



Other small species of Felis, not yet determined, are found in the 

 northern region. 



Mustela flavigula, Bodd., and two allied and hitherto undescribed 

 species, occur in the central region. A fourth Martin, with a 

 shorter tail than the above and more resembling the common Weasel 

 of England, is found in the Kachar. It is the 



Martes laniger, Hodgs. Its fur is thick, spirally twisted, woolly, 

 and of a uniform dirty cream colour. 



Mustela putorius, Linn. ? is an inhabitant of the central, and 

 more abundantly of the northern, region. 



Lutra, Linn. Of this genus Mr. Hodgson conceives that no less 

 than seven species are found in Nepal, five of which differ from the 

 two which inhabit the plains of Hindoostan. Four of these he re- 

 gards as new, differing materially in length, in bulk and propor- 

 tions, and in colour ; one of them is yellowish white all over ; the 

 rest are brown, more or less dark, some having the chin and throat 

 or under surface paled nearly to white or yellow. 



Cams familiaris, Linn. The Pana A is the only Z)o<7 of the lower 

 and central regions. The Thibetan Mastiff is limited to the Kachar, 

 into which it was introduced from its native country, but in which 

 it degenerates rapidly ; there are several varieties of it. 



Canis primcBvus. Hodgs. 



Canis aureus Indicus. In the lower and central regions ; rare in 

 the Kachar. 



Canis Bengalensis, Shaw., the small Indian insectivorous Fox, 

 occurs in the Tarai. 



Canis n. s. ? a large Fox, peculiar to the Kachar. 



Canis Lupus, Linn. In the lower region, 



RODENTIA. 



Hystrix leucurus, Sykes. In the central and lower regions. 

 Lepus nigricollis, F. Cuv. ? In the Tarai. 



Lepus n. s. A species as large as the ordinary Hare and nearly 

 resembling it occurs rarely in the central and northern regions. 



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