MYDAUS MELICEPS. 
annulo musculari instructus est, cum quo animal ad libitum liquidum fa^tidissi- 
mum in intestmum rectum effuiidit, et postea, ventris crepitu, ejaculat. 
Pedes plantigradi, pentadactyli, fissi. Plants nudee. Ungues falculae longissima?, 
depressae, rectiusculae, subulatas, subaequales ; digiti medii anterius dispositus, 
reliquorum gradatim posteriores, pollicis postremus. 
Affinitas. — Genus inter Melem et Mephitim locum tenet ; rostro, unguibusque 
Mele, glandulis analibus dentiumque numero Mephiti simile: characteribus 
tamen, ab ambobus diversis gaudet. 
My dans tuliginosus obsolete cristatus, plaga vertical! rhomboidea postice attenuata 
striga dorsali caudaeque apice flavescente-albidis. 
T&UdMy in the language of Java, East of Cheribon. 
Stng-gungy in the language of the Sunda Javanese, spoken in the mountainous 
districts from Cheribon to Bantam, 
Teteggo, of the inhabitants of Sumatra — Marsden's Hist, of Sumatra, p. 117. 
Mephitis javanensis, EncycL Method. Mammalogie, p. 187, par M. A. G. JDesmarest, 
1820. 
Mephitis javanensis, Sir T, S. Raffles" s Cat of a Zool Coil, made in Sumatra. Tr> 
Linn. Soc. XIII. p. 251, 1821, 
Le Telagon, Fred. Cui\ Mamm. Uthogr. 27'- livrais. 
THE Teledu has a peculiar external character and physiognomy. Although it 
generally agrees in size with the Pole Cats of Europe and America, the circumstances 
which influence its appearance are entirely different. The heavy form of the body, as 
well as the head gradually narrowed to an obtuse point, call to mind the figure of a hog. 
The shortness and strength of the neck, and the manner of walking, by placing the 
entire sole of the foot on the ground, contribute further to give to the animal a sluggish 
appearance- The eyes are placed high in the head, and in their size and disposition 
have considerable resemblance to those of a hog: the eyelids are rigid, and well 
provided with eyebrows consisting of minute bristles : the irides are of a dark colour, 
and the pupil is circular. The ears are nearly concealed by the hairy covering of the 
body; but these organs are provided externally with an oblong concha, which surrounds 
the posterior part, and passing the lower extremity of the meatus auditorius, forms 
a small curve inward. No whiskers are perceptible, but a few long straggling hairs 
arise from the upper lip. The covering of the Teledu is adapted to the elevated and 
cold regions which it inhabits. The fur is composed of long delicate hairs, silky at 
the base, which are closely arranged, and afford a very warm coat to the body. On 
