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138. H. STRIATA, Zimmerman (F. Cuv. Mamm. LitJi. 1, 
t. 55). 
Syn. Canis hycena^ L. 
H. vulgaris, Desmarest. 
H. orientalis, Tiedmann, 
H, antiquorum^ Temminck. 
Hundar, H. ; Ldker BagJi, H. ; Turrus^ 
Mahr. ; Kirba and Kutt kirba, Can. 
Hab. India generally (nec Lower Bengal);* W. 
Asia; N. Africa. Common on the southern 
promontory of the Caucasus (Pallas). 
A. Stuffed specimen. A 1. Skeleton. Presented 
by the Curator (1853). B, C. D, Skulls. 
Genus Proteles, Is. Geoffroy. 
139. Pr. cristatus {Mem. Mus, XI, t. 20). 
Syn. Viverra cristata, Sparijman. 
V, hycenoides^ Desmarest. 
Pr» Lalandi, Is. Geoffroy. 
Aard-wolf, Cape colonists, 
Hab. S. Africa^ 
A. Specimen presented by E. L. Layard, Esq. 
(1859). 
Sub-fam, VIVERRIN^. 
Genus Viverra, L. 
140. V. civettina, Blyth.t 
Syn. V, zibetha apud Waterhouse, Cat. Zool. Soc. 
Mus. (1838), No. 252. 
Hab. Malabar ; Travancore ; Ceylon ? 
A. Specimen (in bad order). Presented by 
Lord A. Hay (1845). 
* Stragglers very rarely extend their nocturnal wanderings even to the vici- 
nity of Calcutta ; and I have recently learned of an instance of a "Wolf (Canis 
PALLiPEs) being killed close to Calcutta, — but I have heard of no other in- 
stance. — E. B. 
f Like the African V. civetta, but the mane commences between the should<^ 
ers, instead of from between the ear's. Vide J. A. iS. XX, 160. The difference^ 
however, is scarcely greater from V. zibetha, than in the most dissimilar 
examples of Felis bengalensis. 
