110 MUSTELIDJi:. 



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Asiatic. Claws rudimmdary, hlvmt. Aonyx. 



2. Aonyx leptonyx. (Indian Aonyx.) B.M. 



Brown, rather paler beneath ; eheeks, chest, and sides of the neck 

 paler ; chin and upper part of the throat white. The inner lobe of 

 the flesh-tootii very large. 



Pig. 14. 



Aonyx hptonyx. 



Lutra leptonyx, Horsf. Zool. Sesearch. vii. t. ; Fisch. Syn. p. 277 ; 



Wagner, in Schreh. Supp. t. 

 Lutra cinerea, iniger, in 8chims, Ouv. Thierr. i. p. 879. 

 Lutra perspicillata, I. Oeoff. Diet. Class. S. N. ix. p. 619. 

 Aonyx Horsfieldii, Gray, Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. 1837, p. 119. 

 Aonyx leptonyx, Gray, last Mamm. S. M. p. 71 ; P. Z. S. 1865, p. 130 



(fig. skull). 

 Mustela fusca, Desch. MS. icon ined. B. M. 

 Mustela lutra, Marsd«n, Sumatra, t. 12. 

 Semul, Raffles, Linn. Trans, xiii. p. 254. 



Hah. Java; Sumatra. 



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3. Aonyx indigitata. B.M.' 



Brown, paler below ; toes very short ; claws short and blunt.' 



Lutra indigitata, Hodgs. Ann. §■ Mag. N. H. iv. : Slainv. OsUogr. t. 



24. f. 8 (skull). 

 Aonyx indigitata, Gray, Ann. 8f Mag. N. H. 1837, p. 119 ; P. Z. S. 



1865, p. 131 ; Gerrard, Cat. Bmes B. M. p. 101. 

 Aonyx sikimensis, Hodgson, Horsf. Awn. & Mag. N. H. xvi. p. 109, 



1855 ; P. Z. & 1856, p. 399. 



Sah. Nepal HiUs and Tarai. 



Specimen very imperfect. " Colour medial earthy brown ; paler 

 below, especially on the head and neck. Length, snout to vent 24, 

 tail 13, head 4^, palm 2g, planta 3^ inches." — Hodgs. I. c. 



