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MAMMALIA. 



[Chap. I. 



references to the most accurate descriptions, in the 

 admirable catalogue of the collection at the India 

 House, published under the care of the late Dr. Hors- 

 field. This work cannot be too highly extolled, not 

 alone for the scrupulous fidelity with which the descrip- 

 tion of each species is referred to its first discoverer, but 

 also for the pains which have been taken to elaborate 

 synonymes and to collate from local periodicals and 

 other sources, (little accessible to ordinary inquirers,) 

 such incidents and traits as are calculated to illustrate 

 characteristics and habits. 



QUADRUMANA. 



Presbytes 



cephalopterus, Zimm. 



ursinus, Blyth. 



Priam us, Elliot Sf Blyth. 



Thersites, Blyth. 

 Macacus pileatus, Shaw 



Desm. 

 Loris gracilis, Geoff. 



CHEIROPTERA. 



Pteropus Edwardsii, Geoff. 



Leschenaultii, Dum. 

 Cynopterus 



marginatus, Ham. 

 Megaderma spasm a, Linn. 



lyra, Geoff. 

 Rhinolophus afftnis, Horsf. 

 Hipposideros 



murinus, Elliot. 



speoris, Elliot. 



armiger, Hodgs. 



vulgaris, Horsf. 

 Kerivoula picta, Pall. 

 Taphozous 



longimanus, Har. 

 Scotopnilus Coromandeli- 

 cus, F. Cuv. 



adversus, Horsf. 



Temminkii, Horsf. 



Tickelli, Blyth. 



Heathii. 



CARNIVORA. 



Sorex ccerulescens, Shaw, 



ferrugineus, Kelaart. 



serpentarius, Is. Geoff 



montanus, Kelaart. 

 Feroculus macropus, Kel. 

 Ursus labiatus, Blainv. 

 Lutra nair, F. Cuv. 

 Canis aureus, Linn. 

 Viverra Indica, Geoff, Hod. 

 Herpestes vitticollis, Benn. 



griseus, Gm. 



Smithii, Gray. 



fulvescens, Kelaart. 

 Paradoxurus typus, F. 

 Cuv. 



Ceylonicus, Pall. 

 Felis pardus, Linn. 



chaus, Guldens. 



viverrinus, Benn. 



RODENTIA. 



Sciurus macrurus, Forst. 



Tennentii, Layard. 



penicillatus, Leach. 



trilineatus, Waterh. 

 Sciuropterus Layardi, Kel. 

 Pteromys petaurista, Pall. 

 Mus bandicota, Btchst. 



Kok, Gray, 



Mus rufescens, Gray. 



nemoralis, Blyth. 



Indicus, Geoff 



fulvidiventris, Blyth. 

 Nesoki Hardwickii, Gray, 

 Golunda Neuera, Kelaart. 



Ellioti, Gray. 

 Gerbillus Indicus, Hardw. 

 Lepus nigricollis, F. Cuv. 

 Hystrix leucurus, Sykes. 



EDENTATA. 

 Manis pentadactyla, Linn. 



PACHYDERMATA. 



Elephas Sumatranus, Linn. 

 Sus Indicus, Gray. 

 Zeylonicus, Blyth. 



RTJMINANTIA. 



Moschus meminna, Erxl. 

 Stylocerus muntjac, Horsf. 

 Axis maculata, H. Smith. 

 Rusa Aristotelis, Cuv. 



CETACEA. 

 Halicore dugung, F. Cuv. 



