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Herpestes auropunctatus, Hodgson. 



Syn. — Mangusta auropunctata, Hodgson. 



Herpestes nepalensis, Gray. 



Herpestes Edwardsii, apud Ogilby (?) 



Herpestes javanica, Hodgson, apud Gray : List. 

 Hab. — Malayan Peninsula. 



Bengal, Nipal, Scinde, Afghanistan. 

 This species somewhat resembles H . javanicus, but the ground colour 

 is lighter, and the lower surface uniformly pale yellowish- grey ; whereas 

 in the former species it is similar to the back, or a shade paler. A sin- 

 gle female observed, measured from the apex of the nose to the root of 

 the tail one foot one inch ; the tail nine inches. 



Herpestes griseus, Desmarest. 



Syn. — Ichneumon griseus, Geoffroy. 



Mangouste de Malacca, F. Cuvier, \ 

 Mangusta malaccensis, Fischer, / 

 Mangusta grisea, Fischer, ^Apud Schinz. 



Herpestes Edwardsii, Fischer, 1 



Mangusta Nyula, Hodgson, j 



Herpestes griseus, Nyool, apud Ogilby. 



Herpestes pallidus, Schinz. 



Forsan H. nipalensis, Gray, Var. apud Schinz. 



Hab. — Malayan Peninsula. 



Bengal, Hindoostan, Scinde, Nipal. 



The present differs from the other species not only by its grey colour, 

 but by its broader head, particularly between the prominent eyes, and 

 by its shorter, blunter nose, which places the eyes comparatively nearer 

 to the muzzle. In a single female, measuring from the apex of the 

 nose to the root of the tail one foot two and a half inches, the tail nine 

 and a half inches ; the intestinal canal was of the following dimensions : 

 Small Intestines, . . . . . . 3 feet l£ inch. 



Large ditto, . . . . . . „ 5 : , 



Caecum, .. .. ,, 1 



By a contraction in the middle of the greater curvature, the stomach 

 is distinctly separated into a cardiac and pyloric cavity. 



