HYSTRIX. 105 



Key of Indian Species. 



a. Crest well developed ; skull with enormously inflated nasal 

 region ; the frontal processes of the premaxillae wide, trun- 

 cated, and extending back as far as the nasals. 



H. leucurus, p. 105. 



c^. Crest but slightly if at all developed ; skull with the nasals 

 not inflated, and the nasals extending further back than the 

 frontal processes of the premaxillae. 



h. Nasal bones expanded behind and extending back to a level 

 with the middle of the orbits ; frontal processes of the 

 premaxillae narrow and almost pointed. 



H. longicauda, p. 106. 



Ifi. .Nasal bones of equal width throughout, and hardly extending 

 backwards to a level with the lacymal bones ; frontal 

 processes of the premaxillae wide and truncated. 



H. yunnanensis, p. 107. 



Hystrix cristata. 



Hystrix cristata, Linneeus Syst. Nat., I2th ed., i, p. 76 (1766); Brandt 

 Mamm. Exot. Nov., p. 35, pi. viii, figs. 1-2; Waterkouse Nat. Hist, 

 Mamtn., ii, p 448, pi. xx, fig. I ; P. L. Sclater P. Z, S., 1871, p. 233 ; 

 Danford and Alston P. Z. S., 1877, p. 281. 



Acanthion cuvieri, Gray P. Z. S,, p. 102 (1847). 



CEdocephalus cuvieri, Gray P. Z. S., p. 308 (1866). 



The European Porcupine. 



Distribution — Southern Europe and Northern Africa, ranging 

 as far as Zanzibar ? 



a. Stuffed, skele. Zanzibar ? Zoological Gardens, 



ton S 



Hystrix leucurus. 



Hystrix leucurus, Syhes P. Z S , p. 103 (1831) ; Elliot Madras Journ, x, p. 



218; Gray P. Z. S., 1847; p. 100; Horsfield Cat. E. I. Mus., p. 146; 



Kelaart Prodr. Faun. Zeylan., p. 70; Adams P. Z. S., 1858, p 520; 



Blyth Cat. no. 421, p. 128 ; Gray P. Z. S., 1866, p. 308 ; Jerdon Mamm., 



p. 218; McMaster Notes on Jerdon, p. 55 ; P. L. Sclater, P. Z S., 1871, 



p. 233; Stoliczka J. A, S. B., xli, p. 228; Murray Zool. Sind, p. 48; 



Thomas P. Z. S., 1886, p. 57. 

 Hystrix cristata, apud Gray Illusir. Ind. Zool., ii pi. xiv (1834) ; Hutton 



y. A. S, B., XV, p. 136 ; Blanford Persia, p. 80. 

 Hystrix hirsutirostris, Brandt Mamm. Exot. Nov., p. 39, pi. viii, figs. 3-6 



(183s) ; Waterhouse Nat. Hist. Mamm., ii, p. 454, pi. xx, fig. 2 ; Wagner 



HUgel's Kasckmir, iv, p. 573 ; Blyth J. A. S. B.. xxi, p. 351. 

 Hystrix zeylonensis, Blyth J. A. S.B., xx, p. 171 (1851). 

 Hystrix malabarica, P. L. Sclater P. Z. S., p. 353, pi. xvi (1865) ; Gray 



P.Z.S., i866,'p. 308. 



