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B. AOKI : 



Säugeth., p. 798; Blanford, P. Z. S., 1885, p. 805. 



Pagma larvata var. taivana, P. Z. S., 1862, p. 8. 

 NOM. Ang. Gem-faced civet. 

 DlST. China, Formosa (Swinhoe). 



Sub-Fam. Herpestinae. 

 Gen. Mungos 1 Geoff, et Cuv. 



Mungos, Geoffroy et Cuvier, Mag. Encyclop. ii, (6), 1795, p. 187; 

 Ogilby, P. Z. S., 1835, p. 103. 



Her pestes, Iiiiger, Prodr. Syst. Mamm., p. 135 (181 1) ; Thomas, 

 P. Z. S., 1882, p. 63; Sclater, Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus., ii, p. 250 (1891). 



13?. Mungos urva (Hodgs.). 



Culo vi va, Hodgson, J. A. S. P>., v, p. 238 (1836); MacClelland, 

 Cale. Journ. N. H., ii, p. 458. 



Urva cancrivora, Hodgson, J. A. S. P., vi, p. 561 (1837) ; Gray, 

 Cat. Hodgs. Coll., ist ed. p. 8 ; Horsfield, Cat. E. Ind. Mus., p. 93 ; 

 Blyth, Cat., no. 158, p. 49; Jerdon, Mamm., p. 138; Swinhoe, P. Z. S., 

 1870, p. 630; Blyth, J. A. S. B., xliv, Burma List, p. 26; Spearman, 

 Burma Gaz.ett., p. 550. 



Mesobcma cancrivora, Hodgson, J. A. S. B., x, p. 910 (1841). 



Osmctcctis fusca, Gray, Ann. Mag. N. H., 1842, x, p. 910. 



Herpestes nrva, Anderson, Anat. Zool. Res., p. 189, pi. ix, figg. 5, 

 6 (1878) ; Blanford, Fauna Brit. Ind. Mamm., p. 129 (1888 — 91) ; Flower, 

 P. Z. S., 1900, p. 331. 



Nom. Tat. Kanikui-mangOsu. Nom. Ang. Crab- eating mungoose. 



DlST. The S. E. Himalayas at low elevations, Assam, Burma, Siam 

 and S. China (Flower) ; Formosa. 



I) Other synonyms of Gen. Mungos are as follows (Sclater): — 



Ichneumon I.acépède, 1821; Mangusta Olivier, 1829; Urva Hodgson, 1837; Mesobcma 

 Hodgson, 1841 ; Osmetectis Gray, 1842; Cahgale Gray, 1864; Calictis Gray, 1864; Tœniogale 

 Gray, 1864 ; Cuychogalc Gray, 1^64. 



