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Show 268 DR. J. E. GRAY O N THE SKULLS OF T H E FELIDAE. [MAR. 14, 2. CATOLYNX CHARLTONI. Felis charltoni, Gray,. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 396. Hab. Nepal; Darjeeling (Charlton). The spotting of this species is rather different from that of F. marmoratus ; they may be only local varieties. The separation of the nasals from the maxillaries is uniform in all the six specimens of this skull in the British Museum Collection. ** Skull elongate ; face and brain-case elongate. 8. VIVERRICEPS. Head rather elongate. Ears rounded, not pencilled. Eyes nocturnal ; pupil erect, linear. Fur spotted. Tail moderate, tapering. Skull elongate; face produced, narrow above, concave on the sides in front of the orbits ; orbits rather large, complete behind; nasal bones elongate, very narrow above. Canines conical, moderate. Asia. *f Skull elongate ; nose long. 1. VIVERRICEPS BENNETTII. (Fig. 5.) Felis viverrina, Bennett, P. Z. S. 1833, p. 68. F. viverriceps, Hodgson. F. bengalensis, B. Hamilton. F. himalayana, Jardine. F. celidogaster, Gray, List of Hodgson's Collection, B. M. (not Temm.). Hab. East Indies. Pupil linear erect.-Hodgson. Skull: length 5 inches 5 lines, width 3 inches 8 lines. Fig. 5. Viverriceps bennettii. |
