ABCTONIX COLLAMS. 77 



There are three representatives of this group in. India. 



Gen. Arctonyx, F. Cuvier. 

 6 , 4—4 4- 



Char. — Incisors -r-; molars ■; — r or-; — =• Dentition in general like that 

 6 4 — 4 5 — 5 



of Gulo or Meles. Incisors of moderate size, blimtish, in a regular curre, 

 vertical in the upper jaw, inclined outwards in the lower one. Canines 

 large and strong, and stout at the base : molars compressed ; feet planti- 

 grade, pentadactylous, claws strong, compressed, fossorial; claw of the 

 indexa a finger greatly exceeding the others in size. Tail short, attenu- 

 ated, with rough hairs. Habit that of the badgcjr, but still more robust. 

 Snout somewhat lengthened. 



93. Arctonyx coUaiis. 



CuviER, Mamm. III. t. 60. — Blyth, Cat. 212. — Mydaus, apnd Gray 

 — Hardwicke, IlL Ind, Zool. I pi. VI. — A. tsonyx, Hodgson, P. Z. S- 

 1856, pL 4, — Bhalu-soor, H., i. e., Bear-pig. 



The Hoa-BADOER. 



Descr. — Upper parts with the head, throat and breast yellowish-white^ 

 more or less grizzled ; nape of neck, a narrow band across the breast,, 

 anterior portion of abdomen, and the extremiities, deep blackish brown ; 

 there is likewise a brown band from the middle of the upper lip, gradually 

 widening posteriorly and including the eyes and ears ; and another smaller 

 and narrower band arising from the lower lip, jpassing through the cheek 

 and uniting with the former on the neck. 



Length from snout to root of tail 25 inchies ; tail 7 ; 1 foot high at 

 the rump. 



This very curious hog-badger has been found, within our province in the 

 Nepal and Sikim Terais, and also I believe in parts of Eastern Bengal. 

 Its chief localities, however, would appear to be stiU further east in Assam,. 

 Sylhet, Arrakan, &c Hodgson considered tbie one he found in the Terai 

 to differ, but this opinion has not been upheld. 



It is stated to pass the greater part of the diiy in profound sleep, but tO' 

 become active at the approach of night ; its gait is heavy and slow, and 

 it readily supports itself erect on the hind feet, having much general 

 resemblance to bears. One kept in captivity pijeferred fruit, plantains, &c.,. 



