FELIS. 225 



Felis viverrina. 



Felis viverrina, Bennett P. Z. S., p. 68 (1833); Horsfield Cat. E. I. Mur„ 

 p. 49 ; Blyth P. Z. S., 1863, p. 184 ; ^erdon Mamm., p. 103 ; McMaster 

 Notes on Jerdon, p. 28 ; Swinhoe P. Z. S., 1870, p. 628 ; Blyth y.A.S. B., 

 xliv, Burma List, p. 27 ; Atkinson N.-W.P. Gazeti., xi, p. 17 ; Spearman 

 Burma Gazett„ p. SS' i Elliot Monog. Felidae, no. 21 ; Murray Zool. 

 Sind, p. 28 ; Blanford Mammals, p. 76. 



Felis viverriceps, Hodgson J. A. S. B., v., p. 232 (1836) ; Kelaart Prodr. 

 Faun. Zeylan., p. 46. 



Felis himalayana, Jardine Nat. Libr. Mamm., ii, p. 230 (1837). 



Leopardus viverrinus, Gray List Mamm. B. M., p. 43 (1843). 



Leopardus celidogaster, apud Gray Cat. Hodgs. Coll., ist ed., p. 6 (1846). 



Felis celidogaster, Blyth Cat. no. 179, p. 61 (1863). 



Viverriceps bennettii, Gray P. Z. S., p. 268 (1867) ; id. Cat. Cam. Mamm. 

 p. 16. 



The Large Tiger Cat or Fishing Cat ; Bunbiral, Kupya-bagh, 

 Hindi; Machbagrul, Bagh-dasha, Bengali; Handoon deeva, Cing- 

 alese. 



Distribution. — India, Ceylon (Kelaart) ; Lower Burma (Mc 

 Master), Tenasserim (Spearman), and Formosa (Swinhoe). 



In India is recorded from the banks of the Indus (Murray), 

 Lower ranges of the Himalayas, Nepal Terai (Hodgson), Assam 

 and Bengal; Jerdon also gives Travancore and the Malabar coasts. 

 It does not seem to be found in Central India. * 



Rajah Rajendra Mullick. 



W. Rutledge, 1873. 



Mus. Collector. 



A. S.B. 



Sir J. Fayrer. 



Purchased. 



Purchased. 



A. S. B. 



W. Rutledge. 



R. Swinhoe. 

 No history. 

 A. S. B. 

 Colombo Museum. 



Felis rubiginosa. 



Felis rubiginosa, Is. Geoff. St. Hil. Voy. aux Indes Orient. Belanger, p. 140, 

 pi. vi (1834) ; Kelaart Prodr. Faun. Zeylan., p. 47 ; Blyth P. Z. S., 1863, 

 p. 185 ; ferdon Mamm,, p. I08 ; Elliot Monog. Felidae no. 28 ; Sterndale 

 Mamm.Ind.,f. 192; Blanford P. Z, S., 1887, p. 629; id. Mammals, 

 p. 8f. 



Viverriceps rubiginosa, Gray P,Z.S.,p.26g(i86y) ; id. Cat. Cam. Mamm., 

 p. 18. 



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