124 mblinidjE. 



on each side of the head black; tail elongate; ears very short, 

 white-edged. 



Meles taxus, Hardw. MS. B. M. (!) 



Arctonyx collaris, F. Cm. Mamm. Ltth. t. 51 (from Hardvncke's 



Drawing) ; Gray, P. Z. 8. 1865, pp. 138, 681 (fig. skuU). 

 Arctonyx taxoides (Balisoar), Blyih, Joum. Asiat. Soe. Beng. p. 689. 

 Arctonix, Evans, J. A. S. B. vii. t. 43. 

 Mephitis assamensis, M'Clelland, Ind. Rev. 1858, p. 309. 

 Meles collaris, Ogttby, Penny Encyc. iii. p. 264. 

 Mydaus collaris, Oray, Illust. Ind. Zool. t. 

 Arctonyx isonyx, Hodgs. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 398, t. 50. 

 Sand-Bear, Bewick's Quad. p. 257. 



Hob. Assam and Arakan. 



I can find no difference between the specimen of A. isonyx (Hodg- 

 son, P. Z. S. 1856, t. 50) and A. collaris. 



b. Palate moderately produced behind; hinder opening on a line level with 

 the middle of the zygomatic arch. 



2. MELES. 



Head pointed ; nose prominent ; ears rounded. Body thick, 

 heavy. Limbs short ; front claws elongate, for digging. Tail short. 

 SkuU elongate, rounded behind ; orbits incomplete, only contracted 

 above. Teeth 36 ; false grinders f . f. Flesh-tooth moderate-sized, 

 triangular. Tubercular grinder very large, four-sided, oblong, rather 

 longer than broad. 



Meles, Oesner, Quad. ; Briss. R. A. ; Nilsson, Skand. Faun. p. 182 ; 



Oray, List Mamm. B. M. xxi. p. 70 ; P. Z. 8. 1865, p. 138. 

 Taxus, Cuvier. 



The bald soles of the hind feet of Taandea leuowrus are oblong, 

 occupying about two-thirds of the length of the foot, hairy behind, 

 with four pads in front ; the front and outer one smaller, triangular. 

 The sole of the fore foot is oblong, with four unequal-sized pads in 

 front and one oblong transverse one on the hinder margin (Hodgson, 

 J. A. S. B. xvi. p. 2, t. 31. f. 4). 



* SkMll ovate, swollen behind; the forehead and upper part of the nose 

 broad, flat above, and rounded on the sides ; the face short, thick ; the 

 flesh-tooth of the lower jaw moderate, shorter than the tooth-line occupied 

 by the three premolars. 



Taxus, Eumelea, Gray, P. Z. 8. 1866, pp. 139, 140. 

 Meles, Gray, P. Z. 8. 1868, p. 206. 



1. Meles taxus. (Badger.) B.M. 



Yellowish grey, black- washed ; limbs and beneath black ; face 

 white, with a streak enclosing the eyes and ears black. 



Ursus taxus, Blumenb. Handl. p. 10. 



Ursus meles, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 70 ; Schreb. 8dugeth. p. 516. 



