No. 192 Putorius Davidianus
Habitat.—Moupin in Thibet.
Description.—Uniform fulvous brown, yellower under the throat; upper lip and round nostrils to corner of the eye white, darker on nose and forehead.
Size.—Head and body about 11½ inches; tail, 6½ inches.
This is one of the specimens collected by the Abbé David, after whom it is named. A fuller description of it will be found in Milne-Edwards’s ‘Recherches sur les Mammifères,’ page 343. There is also a plate of the animal in the volume of illustrations.
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