MAMMALS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 21 



Genus MUSTELA Linnaeus. 



1758. Mustela LiNN^us, Syst. Nat., 10 ed., 1, 45. Type.—Mustela 

 erminea Linn^us. 

 Weasels, the single supposed Philippine species bright tawny, 

 with whitish head. Fur long and coarse, tail bushy. Head and 

 body about 365 millimeters ; tail about 220. 



Mustela nudipes Desmarest. 



1822. Mustela nudipes Desmarest, Mammalogie, pt. 2, 537. 



Type locality. — Java. Calamianes (Trouessart) ; Palawan 

 (Trouessart) ; Sulu (Trouessart). 



Sanchez, Los Mamiferos de Filipinas, does not allow this spe- 

 cies a place in his list on this authority. Possibly it should be 

 dropped from Philippine lists. 



Genus MYDAUS F. Cuvier. 



1821. Mydaus F. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mamm., 3, livr. 27, April. Type. — 

 Mydaus meliceps F. CuviER. 



"Javan skunk." Black, with more or less white on head, nape, 

 and back. Tail very short. Muzzle pointed, nose pig-like. 

 Front claws very long and little curved. Anal glands emitting 

 an odor like that of the American skunks. Head and body about 

 460 millimeters. 



Mydaus marchei Huet. 



1887. Mydaus marchei Huet, Le Naturaliste, II, 9 ann., No. 13, 149, 

 September 15. 



Type locality. — Palawan. Balabac (Sanchez) ; Palawan 

 (Huet). 



Mydaus schadenbergii Jentink. 



1895. Mydaus schadenbergii Jentink, Notes from Leyden Mus., 17, 

 No. IX, 46, August. 



Type locality. — Calamianes Islands. Calamianes (Jentink). 

 Genus AONYX Lesson. 



1827. Aonyx LESSON, Man. Mammalogie, 157. Type. — Aonyx delalandi 

 LESSON=Lutra capensis Schinz. 



"Clawless" otters. Color brown ; feet webbed, claws rudimen- 

 tary. Head and body about 470 millimeters, tail about 290. 



Aonyx cinerea (Illiger). 



1815. Lutra cinerea Illiger, Abh. Ak. Berlin (1811), 99. 



1909. Aonyx cinerea Lyon, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 36, 485, June 1. 



Type locality. — Near Batavia, Java. Palawan (Allen). 



