CLASSIFICATION OF THE BANDICOOTS. 



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(1) bengalensis, G. & H. 



(2) varillus, Thos. 



(3) gracilis, Nehr. 



(4) wardi, sp. n. 



been able to tabulate 'them with the incomplete material at my 



disposal : — 



A. Length of upper molar series less than 7'5 mm. 

 a. Larger, head and body more than 200 mm. 



Skull length 43 mm. (Lower Bengal.) 

 6. Smaller, head and body less than 200 mm. 

 Skull length 41 mm. 



d 1 . Upper molar series 7*2 mm. (Penang.) 

 6 1 . Upper molar series 6-6 mm. (Ceylon.) 



B. Length of upper molar series more than 7-5 mm. 



a. Fur fine, silky, long (25 mm.) (Kashmir.) 



b. Fur coarser, soft or harsh, short (13 — 16 mm.) 

 d. Size large (head and body more than 200 



mm.). Fur coarse and harsh. 



a 3 . Colour mixed buff and black. Upper molar 



series 7*6 mm. (Penang.) ... 



b" 1 . Colour brown. Upper molar series 8*3 mm. 



(Konkan.) .... ... ... ... ... 



b 1 . Size smaller (head and body less than 200 

 mm.). 

 a?. Fur coarse and harsh. Upper molar series 



8*3 mm. (Sind.) 

 6 7 . Fur finer, softer. Upper molar series 8 mm. 



or less. 



a 3 . Bally greyish white. (Carnatic and 

 Dekhan) ... ... ... ... ... 



6 s . Belly strongly tinged yellow. (Nepal.)... 



(1) Gunom'/s ben.galen.sis. Gray. 



1833. Arvicola benaalensis, Gray and Hardw., 111. Ind. Zool. ii. pi. 21. 



1854. Mm daccaen-iis, Tytler, Am, & Mag. Nat. Hist. xiv. p. 173. 



1878. Aim (Nesokiu) blylhinnus, Anderson, J. A. S. B. xlvii. p. 227. 



1878. HIus (Xesokiu) barclayanus, Anderson, J. A. S. B. xlvii. p. 229. 



This is the speoies of Lower Bengal ; the type is not available, 

 but I have seen specimens from Calcutta which may be confidently 

 accepted as representing it. 



Fur harsh, sparse, and rather short (14-15 mm. on back). 

 General colour above mottled buff and dark brown, the belly 

 greyish. 



Blanford records the dimensions of an old male as follows : — 



Head and body 205 mm. ; tail 160 ; hind foot 32 5 (this must be 

 meant for 37-5) ; ear 20& 

 5 



(5) varius, Thos. 



(6) lordi, sp. n. 



(7) s'mdicus, sp. n. 



(8) hole, Gray. 



(9) taruyentit, Horsf. 



