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MAMMALIA. 



Calogale nyula, Gray P. Z. S., p. 560 (1864) ; id. Cat. Cam. Mamm., 



p. 158. 

 Cynictis fimbriatus, Gray Cat. Cam. Mamm., p. 171 (1869). 

 Herpestes ferrugineus, Blanford P. Z. S., p. 661, pi. Ixxxi (1874); Murray 



Zool. Sind, p. 33 ; Anderson Anat, Zool. Res., p. 182. 

 Herpestes andersoni, Murray Zool. Sind, p. 34 (1884). 

 Herpestes mungo, Blanford P. Z. S., p. 631 (1887); id. Mammals, p. 123. 



The Gray Mungoose; Mungli, Canarese ; Mongus, MahrattiJ 

 Moogatea, Cingalese ; Nyul, Hindustani ; Benji, Bengali ; Mungi, 

 Mungisu-yentawa, Telegu; Koral, Gonds; Baj or Bij, Behar; 

 Newera, Nore, Sind. 



Distribution. — India generally, from the Himalayas southwards, 

 i.e., Kashmir (Hugel), Punjab (I. M.), Deccan (Sykes), Cutch (Sto- 

 liczka), Sind (Murray), Travancore (I. JM.), Assam also Ceylon 

 (Kelaart) and has been recorded from the Malay Peninsula, but 

 was probably imported there. 



a. Skin $ Agra, N.-W P. Agra Museum, 1870. 



b-d. 3 Skins ? Agra, N.-W. P. Agra Museum, 1870. 



e-g. 3 Skins Travancore Purchased. 



k. Skin Travancore Rev. T. Baker, A.S.B. 



j-m. 4 Skulls Banda, N.-W. P. J. Cockburn, 1881. 



71. Skull Manbhoom, Beng. J. Anderson, 1877. 



o. Stuffed No history, A S.B. 



f. Stuffed No history, A.S.B. 



q. Stuffed juv. Bengal No history, A.S.B, 



r. Stuffed G. Finch, 1848. A.S.B. 



s. Stuffed ^ Calcutta Purchased. 



t. Stuffed Assam H. P. Pierre. 



«. Skin Deccan (Sykes) India Mus., London. 



•0. Skin Shevaroy Hills, Md. Mrs. W. King. 



■m-x 2 Skins ? Bangalore Mus. Coll., ]Sa. 



Var. —ferrugineus. 

 a. Skin, skull Larkhana, .Sind, F. Day [P ], 1876* 



[Type of H. ferrugineus, Blanford.] 



J.- Skin, skull 

 c. Stuffed 



Bushire, Persian Gulf 



Karachi Mus. [Ex.] 

 No history, A. S. B. 



Herpestes smithi. 



Herpestes smithi, Gray Charlesw. Mag. N. H., i, p. 578 (1837); id. P. Z. S- 

 1851, p 131, pi. XXX ; Blyih Cat. no. 162, p. 50; Jerdon Mamm., 

 p. 13s ; Anderson Anat. Zool. Res., f. \^6■, Thomas P. Z. S., 1886, p. 56; 

 Blanford Mammals, p. 126; Bligh and Nevill Taprobanian, i, p. 58. 



Herpestes thysanurus, Wagner Munch. Gel. Am., 1%..,^. 439 (1839); id. 

 Schreber Sdugeih. Suppl,, ii., p. 301. 



Crossarchus rubiginosus, Wagner Schreber Sdugeth. Suppl., ii, p. 329 (1841). 



Herpestes ellioti, Blytk J. A. S. B., xx, p. i6a (1851). 



Herpestes rubiginosus, Kelaart Prodr. Faun. Zeylan., p. 213 (1852). 



Calictis smithi, Gray P. Z. S., p. 565 (1864). 



