1875.] 



Martens, Weasels and Badgers. 



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Sub-fam. Mustelinje (Martens, Weasels,* and Badgers). 

 ^60. Maetes flavigtjla (J. 96). 

 Mustela flavigula, Boddaert. 



Black-capped Marten. Khasia hills and Arakan. 



Similar to Himalayan specimens, and differing from the Malayan race, 

 found also in Formosa, by having much longer fur and a wholly black cap, 

 instead of a brown cap with black periphery. 



*61. Helictis :ntpale^sis (J. 95). 



Gulo nipalensis, Hodgson, J. A. S. vol. v. p. 237 ; Melog ale per sonata, Is. Geoffroy. 

 Kyoung-pyan (Mason). 



The Brock- weasel. Arakan, and common in Pegu. 



It is decidedly identical with the species inhabiting Mpal and Sylhet, 

 if not also with H. orientalis (Horsf.) of Java; but distinct from H. mos- 

 cftata, Gray, of S. China and Hainan, and IT. subaurantiaca, Swinhoe, of 

 Formosa. Dr. Gray identifies Melogale per sonata, from the vicinity of Ban- 

 goon, with the Chinese H. rnoschata, judging — it may be presumed — from 

 the figure rather than the description in the Zoologie of M. Belanger's Voyage 

 aux Indes Orient ales. f 



^62. Arctonyx collaeis (J. 93). 

 Arctonyx collaris, F. Cuv., Mamm. Lith. iii. t. 60; Arctonyx isonyx, Hodgson. 

 Khway-too-wet-too, Arakan; Khwae-tawet, wet-tawet (Mason). 



Large Burman Sand-badger. £ Inhabits Assam, Sylhet, and Arakan, 

 and at least as far southward as the country bordering on the Sitang. An 

 Arakan specimen is figured. § 



63. A. TAXOIDES. 

 Arctonyx taxoides, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxii. p. 591. 



The small Burman Sand-badger is much smaller and better clad than the 

 preceding, with the pig-like snout less developed. Both appear to have much 

 the same geographic range. 



* The Mustela nudipes, F. Cuv., inhabits the mountains of the Malayan peninsula, 

 Sumatra, and Java, and may therefore be looked for on those of the Tenasserim provinces. 



t P. Z. S. 1865, p. 153. 



I [In Jerdon's Mammals of India, the Hindustani Bhalu-soor, i.e. Bear-pig, is given as 

 the native name of this animal ; but this seems to be an error, for the usual term applied to 

 it is Bali-soor, which means Sand-pig, which is in consonance with its known habits. — J.A.] 



§ J. A. S. B. vol. vii. p. 735, pi. 



