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Show 208 DR. J. E. GRAY ON M E L E S CHINENSIS. [Mar. 12, distinctly variegated as that of the European Badger, and very much harsher. Fig. 1. Meles chinensis. a. Hinder upper grinders. The skull (figs. 1, 2) is so like that of Meles leucurus from Thibet, that I should have regarded them as the same, if there were not so much difference in the length and flaccidness and coloration of the fur, and the abundance of the under-fur. This may depend on the climate. The shortness and peculiar colour of the fur are exactly alike in the specimens sent by Dr. Hartland from Hongkong and by Mr. Consul Swinhoe from Amoy. |
