256 MAMMALIA. 



Herpestes vitticolHs. 



Herpestes vitticollis, Bennett P. Z. S., p. 67 (1835) ; Kelaart Prodr. Faun. 

 Zeylan, p. 42; ferdon Mamm., p. 137; Anderson Anat. Zool. Res., 

 p 188 • Blanford Mammals, p. 128 ; Nevill Taprobanian, i, p. 60. 



Mungos vitticoUis, Ogilby P. Z. S., p. 103 (183S) ; Blyth Cat., p. 50. 



Maneusta vitticoUis, Elliot Madr. Journ., x, p. 103 (1839). 



Taeniogale vitticoUis, Gray P. Z. S., p. 569 (1864) ; id. Cat. Cam. Mamm., 

 p. 167. 



Loco moogatea, Cingalese. ,x j ^ j 



Z)w/r25«/2tf«.— Southern India, Malabar Coast Qerdon), and 

 Ceylon fKelaart). 



a. Skin Travancore Purchased. 



b. Stuffed, skull Malabar T. C. Jerdon, 1846, A.S.B. 



c. Stuffed Ceylon E. L. Layard, 1848, A.S.B. 



d. Skull, juv. No history, A S.B. 



e. Skin Ceylon Colombo Museum. 



Herpestes urva. 



PViverra fusca, Gray Il'tisir. Ind. Zool., i, pi. v (1830). 



Gulo urva, Hodgson J. A. S. B., v, p. 238 (1836) ; MClelland Calc. Journ, 

 N. H., ii, p. 458, pl. xiii. 



Urva cancrivora, Hodgson J. A. S. B., vi, p. 561 (1837) ; Gray Cat. Hodgs. 

 Coll., ISt ed., p. 8 ; Horsfield Cat. E. I. Mus.. p. 93 ; Blytk Cat. no. 158, 

 p. 49; Jerdon Mamm., p. 138; Swinhoe P. Z. S., 1870, p. 630; Blyth 

 J, A. S. B,, xliv, Burma List, p. 26; Spearman Burma Gazett., p. 550" 



Mesobema cancrivora, Hodgson J. A. S. B., x, p. 910 (1841). 



Osmetectis fusca. Gray Ann. Mag. N. H., x, p. 2t)0 (1842). 



Herpestes urva, Anderson Anat. Zool. Res., p. 189, pl. ix, figs. 5, 6 (1878) j 

 Blanford Mammals, p. 129. 



The Crab-eating Mungoose ; Urva, Nepalese ; Mywe-ba, 

 Burmese. 



Distribution. — Himalayas from Nepal (Hodgson) to Assam, 

 Arakan, Burma, to North Tenasserim and South China (Swinhoe). 



a. Skin Chittagong E. R. Shopland. 



4. Skin, skelet. ^ Zoological Gardens^ 1 881. 



c. Skin G. King, 1878. 



d. Skin, skelet. ^ Zoological Gardens, 1878. 



e. Stuffed, skull Arakan Sir A. Phayre, 1843, A.S.B. 

 /. Stuffed, juv. Arakan Sir A. Phayre, 1843, A.S.B. 

 ^•. PSkuU Zool. Gardens, 1882. 



h. Skin Assam O. L. Fraser. 



Herpestes caffer. 



Viverra cafra, Gmelin Syst. Nat., i, p. 85 (1788). 



Herpestes griseus. Smuts Enum. Mamm. Capens., p. 19 (1832). 



Herpestes madagascariensis. Smith S. African Quart. Journ., ii, p. 114 



(1835)*. 

 Herpestes bennettii. Gray Charlesw. Mag. N. H., i, p. 578 (1837). 

 Herpestes caffer, Blyth Cat. no. 168, p. 52 (1863) ; Thomas P. Z. S., 1882, 



p. 66. 



