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SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS PROM THE INDIAN 



MAMMAL SURVEY 



OF THE 



BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



By R. C. Wroughton, f. z.s. 



Part V. 



{Coniinued from ixuje 802 of Volume XXVI.) 



Gen. XI. — Leggadilla. 



Thomas established the genus to accomniiodate the species 

 platytJinx, Benu., (J. B. N. H. S., xxii, p. 682, 1914). 



A large number of names has 

 No. 289. platythrix, Benn. been added comparatively recently, 



of which the following is a chro- 

 nological list (with references), viz: — 



1832. platytlirix, Bennett, P. Z. S., p. 121. 



1908. ramnadensis, Benth., Rec. Ind. Mus. ii, p. 385. 



1911. sadhu, Wr., J. B. N. H. S. xx, p. 1001." 



1912. Cinderella, Wr., J. B. N. H. S. xxi, p. 770. 



1912. pJiillipsi, Wr., J. B. N. H. S. xxi, p. 772. 



1913. surJcha, Wr. and Ryl., J. B. N. H. S. xxii, p. 16. 

 1913. bahadur, Wr. and Ryl., J. B. N. H. S. xxii, p. 18. 

 1913. siva, Thos. and Ryl., J. B. N. H. S. xxii, p. 242. 

 1913. grahami, Ryl., J. B. N. H. S. xxii, p. 434. 



1913. hannyngtoni, Ryl., J. B. N. H. S. xxii, p. 435. 



1914. shortridgei, Thos., J. B. N. H. S. xxiii, p. 30. * 

 1914. gurkha, Thos., J. B. N. H. S. xxiii, p. 200. 



These twelve species may be arranged in a key as follows : — 



Key to the species of Leggadilla. 



A. — Mammary formula 4 — 2==12. 



a. Size large, hind-foot 22mm.; colour 



brown ... ... ... . . . 1 . platyihrix, Benn. 



b. Size smaller, hind- foot 17mm.; or 



less ; colour grey drab. 

 a\ Size larger, hind-foot 17mm.. 



condylo-baspl, length of skull 



25mm. ; upper molar series 4mm. 2. sadhu, Wr. 

 6\ Size smaller, hind-foot 16mm. at 



most ; condylo-basal, length of 



skull 22mm. ; upper molar series 



4mm. ... ... ... ... 3. Cinderella, Wv. 



