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MAMMALIA. 



Manis pentadactyla. 



Manis pentadactyla, Linnaus Syst. Nat., 12th ed., i, p. 52 (1766) [in part] ; 



Sykes'P. Z. S., 1831, p. 104 ; Blyth J. A. S.B., xi, p. 453 ; Turner P. Z. S., 



1851, p. 219 ; Blyih J. A. S B., xxi, p. 351 ; Horsfield Cat. E. I. Mus., p. 



196 ; Blyth Cat., p. 179 ; Jerdon Mamm., no. 241, p. 314 ; McMaster Notes 



on jerdon, p. 132; Anderson Anat. Zool. Res., p. 341, pi. xxiv, figs. I 



and 2. 

 Manis brachyura, Erxleben Syst. Reg. Anim., i, p. 98 (1777) [in part] ; Gray 



lllusir. Ind. Zool., ii, pi, xxii ; Blyth J. A. S. B., xx, p. 175. 

 Manis crassicaudata, Et. Geoff. St. Hil. Cat. Mamm., Mus. Hist. Nat., 



p. 213 (1803) '; Elliot Madras Journ., x, p. 218; Tickell f. A. S.B., xi, p. 



221 with plate ; Kelaart Prodr. Faun. Zeylan., p. 74 ; yentink Notes Leyd, 



Mus., iv, p. 203. 

 Manis indicus, Lesson Hist. Nat. Mamm., iv, p. 520 (1834) [in part]. 

 Manis laticauda, Sundevall Kongl. Vetens.Akad. Handl., p. 258 (1842)*. 

 Pholidotus indicus. Gray Cat. Cam. Mamm., p. 373 (1869) ; Murray Zool. 



Sind, p. 60. 



The Scaly Ant Eater or Manis ; Hind, and Sanskrit, Bajar-kit, 

 Bajrakapta, Sillu, Sukunkhor ; Kols, Armoi ; Mahratta, Kaulimah ; 

 Telegu, Alawa ; Mai., Alangu ; Deccan, Banrohu (=Jungle carp) ; 

 Bengal, Kot-pohu ; Sind, Chulla Mirron; Cingalese, Caballaya. 



Distribution. — Throughout India and Ceylon, from Sind in the 

 west to Cuttack in the east, not extending into Lower Bengal, or 

 found in the Himalayas. 



a-b. 2 Skins Shahbunder, Sind, Karachi Mus. [Ex.] 



c. Skin E. I. Mus., London. 



d. Skin Purchased, 1871. 



e. Skin, skele- Zoological Gardens. 



ton ? 



/. Skin, skull, Zoological Gardens. 



bones. $ 



g. Skin, skull, Zoological Gardens. 



bones $ 



k. Ale. 9 Zoological Gardens. 



J. Ale. S Chittagong ? Zoological Gardens. 



A. Foitus of " e " Zoological Gardens, 



/. Ale. foetus Zoological Gardens. 



m. Skull Ceylon E. F. Kelaart, A.S.B. 



«-o. 2 skulls No history, A.S.B. 



^.Stuffed Chybassa S.R. Tickell, 1842, A.S.B. 



9. Stuffed A. Masters. A.S.B. 



r. Skelet. mted. R. W. G. Frith, 1848, A.S.B 



i. Skull No history. 



Manis aurita. 



Manis pentadactyla, Linnaus Syst. Nat., 12th ed., i, p. 52 (1766) fin part] ; 



Cantor Ann. Mag. N. H., ix, p. 275 (1842) ; Gray Cat. Hodgs. Coll., ist ed., 



p. 36 ; Blyth J. A.S.B, xxix, p. 93. 

 Manis aurita, Hodgson jf. A. S. B., v, p. 234 (1836); id. jl^. A.S.B., x, p. 911 ; 



Blyth Cat., p. 179; jerdon Mamm., p. 316; Anderson Anat. Zool. Res., 



p. 352, pi. xxiv, figs. 3, 4 ; Jentink Notes Leyd. Mus., iv, p. 202. 



