132 MELINID^. 



Mellivora, Star. ; F. Cm. ; Gray, L. M. S. M. v. p. 68 ; P. Z. 8. 



1865, pp. 143, 680. 

 Eatelus, Grai/, Ann. Phil. 1825; Sohinz, Syn. p. 329. 

 Lipotus, Sundevall, Kong. Vet. Akad. Sandl. 1841, p. 211. 

 Ursitaxus, Sodgsom, Asiat. Research, xix. p. 60, 1836. 

 Melitonyx, Ohger, 1842. 



De Blainville figures tlie sktill and teeth of M. indica and M. ca- 

 pensis, t. 11 and t. 13 ; he represents the tubercular grinders of 

 M. indica as much smaller than those of M. capensis, and the flesh- 

 tooth as more unequally triangular (see t. 13). 



1. Illellivora indica. (Bharsiah.) B.M. 



Black ; the back iron-grey ; crown of head white. — Oray, P. Z. S. 

 1865, p. 680. 



Ursus indicus, Shaw, Zool. i. p. 470, 1800. 



Meles indica, Fischer, Syn. Mamm. p. 151. 



Indian Badger (Ursus indicus), Hardw. lAnn. Trans, ix. p. 115, t. 9. 



Indian Badger, Penn. 



Batelus mellivorus, Benn. Zool. Gard. p. 13 (fig. good). 



Mellivora ratel, Gerrard, Cat. Bones B. M. p. 96. 



Mellivora ratelus (Indian var.), Fraser, Cat. Zool. Gardens, 1862, 



p. 9 ; Barthtt, P. Z. S. 1835. 

 Eatelus indicus, Schinz ; Burton, P. Z. S. 1836, p. 118. 

 Mellivora indica, Blainv. OstSogr. Mustela, t. 6 (skull) ; Ch-ay, P. Z. S. 



1866, pp. 143, 680 ; Sclater, P. Z. 8. 1867, p. 98. 

 Mustela indica, Blainv. OstSogr. Mustela, t. 13 (teeth). 

 Ursitaxus inauritus (Bharsiah), Hodgson, Asiat, Research, xix. p. 60, 



J. A. 8. Bmg. 1836, p. 671. 



Hah. India (called " Beejoo "), Nepaul (called " Bharsiah "). 



Skull ovate, elongate ; nose short, concave on the sides, flat 

 above ; forehead short, convex ; orbits incomplete ; suborbital fora- 

 men small, ovate. Brain-case swollen behind and truncated. Palate 

 nearly flat in front, concave behind and slightly produced ; hinder 

 opening of the palate large ; keeled on the sides, front edge arched ; 

 as wide as long. Four middle cutting-teeth equal, truncated, the 

 side ones conical, with a recurved tip ; canines conical, nearly 

 straight ; false grinders two, crowded, thick, conical : flesh-tooth 

 trigonal ; outer edge rather the longest, with two conical confluent 

 tubercles; the inner lobe anterior, roundish, with an acute conical 

 tubercle : tubercular grinder transverse, band-like ; outer half nar- 

 row, inner half considerably wider, rounded on the inner edge. 

 Lower jaw strong ; chin arched ; cutting-teeth crowned, truncated, 

 the middle one on each side behind the others ; canines conical, 

 curved back; -false grinders three, rather crowded, thick, conical; 

 the flesh-tooth oblong, of moderate size, with three conical tubercles 

 in a single longitudinal series ; tubercular grinder none (or small or 

 early deciduous). .. 



Length of skull 5 4 



palate 2 4 



lower jaw 3 6 



orbit over ears 2 3 



nose in front of orbits 1 5^ 



