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are 8 nipples. The typical form is G. ellioti of Madras, a race of 
which, Golunda ellioti myothrix, is found in Nepal. G. e. myo- 
thrix is a forest Mouse, reddish fawn colored above, fulvescent 
beneath. The length of head and body is 6 inches, tail 3% inches, 
hind foot 1%6 inches. 
Hume's Rat, Hadromys humei from the Assam-Burma 
border, is so ft- furred and stout-bodied, with the tail rather 
short, the fifth toe short, and the number of nipples in females 
8. The color is grizzled gray, lighter on the head but becoming 
dark rufous on the rump. The tips of many of the hairs of the 
head and fore quarters are white, but numerous black hairs are 
also present. The hairs of the underparts are yellow with slate 
bases; the inner sides of the legs and around the base of the 
tail reddish. The tail is blackish above, white beneath, the feet 
yellowish white. The length of head and body is 5 inches, tail 
4% inches, hind foot 1 inch. Hadromys, of which only the one 
species is known, is related to Golunda but has ungrooved incisor 
teeth. 
The Old World Woods Mice and Field Mice, genus Apo- 
demus, including numerous species and races, occur in the Old 
World temperate and subtropical zones. They have short, rather 
broad heads in comparison with Mus. The fur, usually soft, is 
bristly in A. speciosus of the Far East. The tail may be longer 
or shorter than the head and body, the number of nipples 6 or 8 
(with 1 or 2 pairs of pectoral nipples, 2 pairs inguinal). The 
typical species is the Striped-backed Field Mouse, A. agrarius, 
of Europe. Other principal species are A. sylvaticus and allies, 
forest-dwelling forms sometimes separated as the subgenus 
Sylvcemus; A. geisha of Japan and the Luchu Islands; and 
A. speciosus of Japan, Saghalin, Siberia, Manchuria, Fukien, 
Formosa, Nepal, and Szechwan. 
The Apodemus agrarius group is represented in eastern 
China by A. a. ningpoensis from Hunan, Fukien, and Chekiang, 
A. a. chevrieri from northern Yunnan and Szechwan, A. a. 
