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Catalogue of Mammalia 



Length I T 6 o ; tail to~^tV 5 carpus 1 ; expansion of wings 7f. 



13. — Sorex Indicus, Geoff. 



Smdeli, Canarese ........ ^ 



Ckachundar, Dukhani ig^is** 



14. — Ursus (Prockilus) Labiatus,— Ursus Labiatus, Blainville, 



Kaddi, Karadt, Canarese . . . 



JRinch, Dukhani A^U^j 



Aswal, Mahratta 



The peculiar dentition of this animal, distinguishing it from Gen. 

 Ursus, has been remarked by Colonel Sykes. There are nevermore than 

 4 ineisOrs in the upper jaw. I possess several crania, one of them with 

 the milk teeth just giving way to the adult ones, ail agreeing in this pe- 

 culiarity. Their food seems to be black ants, termites, beetles, fruit, 

 particularly the seed of the Cassia fistula, of the date tree, &c, honey. 

 When pursued, they carry their cubs on their back. In 1833 a bear was 

 chased anrl killed, having carried her two cubs in, this manner nearly 

 three miles. It appears to be a long-lived animal. Instances are 

 known of their living in a state of captivity for 40 years. 



15. — Lutra Nair. Fr. Cnvier. 



JVirnai, Canarese, (literally " water dog.") p^^T"?"3oeo 

 Datwii bekk Do. of the "Wuddar tribe "7a^45oa5^«iS T^o"' 



XT 



Pa?ii kutta, Dukhani, (literally "water dog") y*g [\ } 



Hud or Hada, Mahratta of the Ghafs. 

 J almanus and Jal manjur, Mahratta... 



16. — Cants Fannliaris, {wild variety). —Canis Duhhunensis of 'Sykes. 

 Junyii Kutta Dukhani j»<" 



The wild dog was not known in the Southern Mahratta Country until 

 of late years. It has now become very common. The circumstance of 

 their attacking in a body and killing the tiger, is universally believed 

 by the natives. Instances of their killing the wild boar, and of tigers 

 leaving a jungle in which a pack of wild dogs had taken up their quar- 

 ters, have come to my own knowledge ; and on one occasion a party of the 

 officers of the 18th regiment, M. N. I. saw a pack run into, and kill, a 

 large Sambar stag near Dharwar. I once captured a bitch and seven 

 cubs of this species, and had them alive for some time. 



