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Africa; as of Allen, 1919, 31; Thomas, 1882, 63; and Gray, 1864, 508.— Man- 
guste. Teeth 40 (or 36) : i. 3/3, c. 1/1, pm. 4/4 (or 3/3 with diastema) , m. 2/2; 
last lower molar with 2 external cusps. Body long and slender. Pupil 
linear, erect; ears short, wide, rounded, hardly projecting beyond surround- 
ing fur; anterior chamber of auditory bulla small, posterior enormously 
enlarged; palate long; muzzle pointed; philtrum present. Fur of two kinds, 
the longer usually ringed or annulated, giving animal a grizzled appearance, 
the long overhair coarse and harsh. Legs short; feet plantigrade; toes 5 on 
front feet, 5 on hind feet, first toes of fore and hind feet very small, probably 
rudimentary; toes not entirely free, front and hind toes 3 and 4 webbed; 
claws short, compressed, of medium strength; soles entirely naked. Tail very 
thick, conical, full proximally, tapering to a thin point, long, about one half 
to nearly the length of head plus body. Africa; Asia Minor; Orient; Persia; 
South Europe. 
#464 Herpestes » albicauda Cuv., 1829, Regne anim., ed. 2, v. 1, 158. So. #462 
Ichneumia albicauda, q. v. 
#464 Herpestes ' albicaudatus (Fonscolombe, 1847, Ann. Soc. ent. France, 
ser. 2, v. 5 (1), May, 62 [Ichneumon ^]) Flower & Lydekker, 1891a, Mamm., 
536. So. #462 Ichneumia albicauda, q. v. 
#464 "Herpestes albopunctatus d". Mangouste, Mongoose. For #464 Her- 
pestes birmanicus, q. v., fide Meggitt in litt. 
#464 Herpestes [or Mangasta ^, Mungos S Viverra *] {Herpestes) auropuuctatus 
(Hodgson, 1835, J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, v. 4, 522 [Mangusta]) Hodgson, 1841, 
Calcutta J. Nat. Hist., v. 2 (6), July, 213. Small Indian mungoose, gold- 
punktirte Manguste, Mush-i-Khourma, Nul. S. W. Persia, Sind, Kandahar, 
lower ranges of Himalayas and neighboring plains from Kashmir to Sikhim, 
Lower Bengal. 
#464 Herpestes auropuuctatus birmanicus Thomas, 1886, Ann. Mag. Nat. 
Hist., ser. 5, v. 17, Jan., 84. So. #464 Herpestes birmanicus, q. v. 
#464 Herpestes ^ badius Smith, 1838, lUus. Zool. S. Afr. Mamm., pt. 2, pi. 4. 
So. #451 [Galerella] gracilis badius, q. v. 
Mesobema » Hodgson, 1841, J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, v. 10 (2), no. 119, n.s., July to Dec, 910, mt. 
tod. cancrivora Hodgson [renaming of Urva Hodgson, 1837, q. v.]; 1841, Calcutta J. Nat. Hist., 
V. 2 (6), July, 214, mt. Urva cancrivora Hodgson so. (1904) Gulo ' urva Hodgson, 18-37, of Nepal, 
India; 
Mungos ^ Ogilby, 1835, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, pt. 3 (31), 102-103, mt. vitticoUis Bennett, from 
India [not #455 Mungos Geoffr. & Cuv., tsd. mungo]; 
Onychogale » Gray, 1864, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 570, mt. Herpestes • maccarthiae, from Ceylon; 
Osmetectis ' Gray, 1842, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., v. 10 (65), Dec, 210, 260, mt. fusca Gray, from 
India, also tsd. (1882) urva; 
Osmetictis « Agassiz, 1846, Nomencl., Mamm., Addenda, 7; 
Taeniogale » Gray, 1864, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 569, mt. Mungos ' vitticoUis Bennett, from 
India; 
Urva 8 Hodgson, 1837, J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, v. 6 (2), July, 560, tat. urva Hodgson syn. (tsd. 1904) 
cancrivora Hodgson, from India; 1838, Ann. Nat. Hist., London, v. 1 (2), April, 152, mt.tod. 
cancrivora Hodgson, from Nepal. 
38 The subdivisions of #464 Herpestes are still sub judice. AUen separates Calogale at least as a special 
subgenus as follows: 
A (B). Herpestes lUiger, 1811, Prodr^ Syst. Mamm., 135 (Herpertes°>), 297, tsd. (1878) ichneumon, of 
Africa. — Posterior chamber of auditory bullae inflated downward twice as much as anterior chamber, 
postpalatal region narrow. Africa. 
B(A). Calogale Gray, 1864, Proc Zool. Soc. London, 509, 560, tsd. (1882) 2d sp. nepalensis Gray, 
Nepal.— Common mongooses of India. Posterior chamber of auditory bullae not inflated downward 
below level of anterior chamber; postpalatal region broad. India. 
Syns.: Calictis' Gray, 1864, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 509, 564-565, mt. Herpestes' smithii Gray, from 
Ceylon; 
Galogale™ Wallace, 1876, Geogr. Distr. Anim., v. 2, 195. 
