250 MAMMALIA. 



Cynogale bennetti. 



Cynogale bennettii, Gray Charlesw. Mag. N. H., i, p. 579 (1836); Gervais 

 Voyage Bonite Zool., p. 24, pi. vi ; Cantor J. A. S. B., xv, p. 203 ; 

 Wallace Island life, p 351 ; Blyth Cat. no. 156, p. 49 ; Gray Cat. Cam. 

 Mamm., p. 78 ; Jentink Notes Leyd. Mus., xi, p. 24. 



Viverra carcharias, Jourdain Ann. Sci. Nat. (2), viii, p. 281, pi, viii 



(1837). 

 Potamophilus barbatus, Miiller Tijdsch. Natuur, Gesch., v, p. 142 (1838); 



Muller and Schlegel in Tern. Verhandl., p. 115, pi. xvii. 

 Cynogale barbata, Schim Syn. Mamm., i, p. 388. 



Distribution. — Malay Peninsula (Cantor), Sumatra and Borneo. 



a. Stuffed, skull Malayan Peninsula Rev. F. J. Lindstedt, 1845, 



A. S. B. 

 *. Skin, skelet. W. Rutledge, 1882. 



Genus EUPLERES. 



Eupleres, Doyere Ann. Sci. Nat. (2), iv, p. 280(1835). 



Eupleres goudoti. 



Eupleres goudotii, Doyere Ann. Sci. Nat. (2), iv, p. 281 (1835) ; Gray Cat. 

 tarn. Mamm., p. 177. 



Distribution. — Madagascar. 



a. Skin Madagascar Brit. Mus. [Ex.] 



4. Skelet. Madagascar Brit. Mus. [Ex.] 



Genus HERPESTES. 



Ichneumon, apud Lacepede Mem. Insti. Paris, iii, p. 492 



(1801). Type, H. ichneumon. 

 Herpestes, Illiger Prodr., p. 135 (181 1). Type, H. ichneumon. 

 Mangusta, Olivier apud Fischer Syn. Mamm., p. 162 (1829). 

 Mungos, Ogilby P. Z. S., p. 103 (1835). ^ype, H. vitticollis. 

 Urva, Hodgson J. A. S. B., vi, p. 561 (1837). Type, H. urva. 

 Mesobema, Hodgson J. A. S. B., x, p. 910 (1841). Type, H. urva. 

 Osmetectis, Gray Ann. Mag. N. H., x, p. 260 (1842). Type, H. urva. 

 Calogale, Gray P. Z. S., p. 560 (1864). Type, H. auropunctatus. 

 Calictis, Gray t. c, p. 564 (1864). Type, H. smithi. 

 Taeniogale, Gray t. a., p. 569 (1864). Type, H. vitticollis. 

 Onychogale, Gray t. c, p. 570 (1864). Type, H. macoarthiae. 



Key of the Indian Species. 

 ipes on the body; colour 



b. Small (skull under 2| inches long), fur adpressed; hairs 



a. No bands or stripes on the body; colour more or less con- 

 colorous. 



