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of this species were recorded by the collector as follows:— Head and 

 body 201 mm. ; tail 173 ; hind foot 35; ear 24. 



(8) Gunomys kok, Gray. 



1837. Mus l;ch, Gray, Mag. Nat. Hist. i. p. 585. 



18:S9. Mus (N(otoma) provittens, Elliot, Madr. Journ. L. & S. p. 210. 



The type of the species was taken by Elliot in the Carnatic, 

 whence it extends northwards into the Dekhan. Specimens from 

 Ahmednagar are apparently identical with those from Dharwar. 



Size rather smaller than bengalensis. Fur rather soft and coat 

 thicker but not longer as compared with bengalensis. General 

 colour above nearly uniform brown ; below whitish grey. 



Sir W. Elliot records the dimensions of an old male as follows : — 



Head and body 175 mm. ; tail 163 ; hind foot 35 ; ear 23. 



Skull : greatest length 41*5 ; basilar length 36 3 ; zygomatic 

 breadth 25 ; brain-case breadth 17 ; interorbital breadth 6'2 ; 

 nasals 12 3; diastema 13 ; upper molar series 8. These skull- 

 measurements are taken from the cotype, which, though adult, is not 

 old. The skull of an older male from Ahmednagar gives barely a 

 millimetre more in greatest length. 



Hab. The type locality is Southern Mahratha Country. 



(9) Gunomys tarayensis, Horsf. 

 1855. Mux tarayensis, Horsf, Ann, & Mag. Nat. Hist xvi. p. 112. 

 1855. Mnsp urimammis, Horsf, loc. cit. 



1855. Mus morvngensis, Horsf, loc. cit. 



The types of tarayensis, plurtmammis, and morungensis are all in 

 the Museum Collection, and undoubtedly belong to one species. 

 G. tarayensis belongs to the small- toothed group, in which the 

 oldest name is bengalensis. 



No dimensions are recorded, but, judging from size of skull and 

 length of hind foot, tarayensis is rather smaller than bengalensis. 



Fur rather harsh (not so harsh as in bengalensis) but short 

 (13-15 mm. on back). General colour above brighter than ir 

 bengalensis, below markedly suffused with yellow. 



No dimensions are recorded, but the dry hind foot is 35 mm. 



Skull : greatest length 41 ; basilar length 36 ; zygomatic breadth 

 25 ; brain-case breadth 17 ; interorbital breadth 62 ; nasals 12 ; 

 diastema 13 ; upper molar series 7*8. 



Hab. Nepal. 



