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also the Palaearctic region. Vandeleuria, Chiropodomys, Batomys, 

 Carpomys are Oriental, the last two being confined to the 

 Philippines. 



Another peculiar Philippine genus is Phlaeomys, of large size, 

 and allied to it is Crateromys, originally confounded with it. 

 Batomys granti is also confined to Luzon. Its molars are three, 

 like those of the also restricted and Philippine Carpomys melan- 

 urus, which is an arboreal form. There is a second species, 

 C. phaeurus. 



Phlaeomys is placed, however, by Mr. Thomas in a distinct 

 sub-family of its own, Phlaeomyinae, and is removed from the 

 Murinae. 



Rapalomys, with but one species, is Burmese. Pithecochirus is 



FIG. 235. Spiny Mouse. Acomys cahirinus. x 



Javanese and Sumatran. Conilurus (also known as Hapalotis) is 

 a genus containing species which are termed Jerboa Rats, on 

 account of their mode of progression. They are desert and 

 Australian forms. There are sixteen species. 



Mastacomys, with one species, is limited to Tasmania. Uromys, 

 with some eight species, is from Queensland, and inhabits also the 

 Am Islands and the Solomon Islands. The Celebesian Echiotlirix, 

 or Craurothrix as it should apparently properly be called, is another 

 genus containing but a single species. Golunda is both Oriental 

 and Ethiopian, one species occurring in each region. The beauti- 

 ful little striped Barbary Mice, ArviacantUs (or Isomys}, are 

 African, north as well as tropical. 



The genus Saccostomus resembles the Hamsters in the presence 

 of cheek pouches. Its teeth, however, are Murine. It agrees with 

 Steatomys in the comparatively short tail. The caecum is rather 

 long. 



