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The circumference from cardia round fundus ventriculi measured five 

 and a half inches ; round pylorus two six-eighth inches. Both the gall- 

 bladder and the spleen presented a remarkably elongated shape. The 

 former organ, lengthened pyriform, measured in length two inches ; 

 ductus cysticus two and a half inches. The spleen, tapering to a narrow 

 point, was half an inch broad, and eight and a half inches in length. 

 Costae verae, nine pairs ; spurise, five pairs = fourteen pairs. 



Gen. — Mustela, Linne. 



Putorius, Cuvier. 



Putorius nudipes, Fred. Cuvier. 

 Syn. — Mustela nudipes, Desmar. apud Schinz. 



" Pulasan" of the Malays of the Peninsula. 

 Hab.— Malay an Peninsula. 

 Sumatra, Borneo. 

 The muzzle and the soles of the feet are pale flesh-coloured. The 

 animal is said to inhabit the densest jungle, and is most difficult to 

 obtain. 



Mustela, Cuvier. 

 Mustela flavigula, Boddaert. 

 Syn. — Viverra quadricolor, Shaw. 



Marte a gorge doree, Desmarest. 



Mustela Hardwickii, Horsfield. 



Martes flavigula, Hodgson, apud Gray. 



" Anga Prao" of the Malays of the Peninsula. 

 Hab. — Malayan Peninsula. 



Java, Sumatra, Nipal. 

 The Malayan individuals differ from those from Northern India, 

 originally described, in having the fur shorter and less dense, the head 

 pale- brown, the neck and back pale yellowish-brown, becoming darker 

 towards the tail, which, as well as the posterior extremities, is black. 

 The anterior extremities are greyish- brown ; the feet and the streak 

 behind the ear deep brown; the lips whitish; the throat and chest 

 yellowish-white or ochreous ; the scanty hairs of the abdomen pale 

 brownish. 



