RODENTIA: MURIDAE 621 



11 alius rait us frugivorus (Rafinesque) * (white-bellied rat) 



1814. Musculus frugivorus Rafinesque, Precis des decouverts et travaux 

 somiologiques . . . , p. 13. ("Perhaps a colour phase of the typical race," 

 according to Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, Checklist of Palaearctic and 

 Indian mammals 1753 to 1946, Publ. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), p. 582, Nov. 

 19, 1951.) 

 1918. R[attus] r[attus] frugivorus Hinton, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, 

 vol. 26, No. 1, p. 65, Dec. 20, 1918; Schwarz, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1934, 

 pt. 4, p. 723, Jan. 14, 1935. 

 Type Locality. — Sicily. Range. — Introduced and widely distributed in the 

 southern United States and thence southward; has a natural tendency to nest 

 in trees. 



Genus MUS 53 Linnaeus 

 1758. Mus Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 59. (Type, Mus 

 musculus Linnaeus (by tautonomy).) 



Mus musculus brevirostris Waterhouse* 



1837. Mus brevirostris Waterhouse, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1837, pt. 5, 



p. 19, Nov. 21, 1837. 

 1845. M[us] azoricus Schinz, Systematisches Verzeichniss aller bis jetzt 



bekannten Saugethiere, oder Synopsis Mammalium nach dem Cuvier'schen 



System, vol. 2, p. 161. (Azores. For status see Schwarz and Schwarz, 



Journ. Mamm, vol. 24, No. 1, p. 64, Feb. 20, 1943.) 

 1897. Mus musculus jalapae J. A. Allen and Chapman, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. 



Hist., vol. 9, p. 198, June 16, 1897. (Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.) 



1942. Mus musculus percnonotus Moulthrop, Sci. Publ. Cleveland Mus. Nat. 

 Hist, vol. 5, No. 5, p. 79, June 1, 1942. (Mina Carlota, Barrio de 

 Cumanayagua, Trinidad Mountains, Santa Clara, Cuba. For status see 

 Schwarz and Schwarz, Journ. Mamm., vol. 24, No. 1, p. 64, Feb. 20, 1943.) 



1943. Mus musculus brevirostris Schwarz and Schwarz, Journ. Mamm., vol. 

 24, No. 1, p. 64, Feb. 20, 1943. 



Type Locality. — Maldonado, Uruguay. Range.— Introduced into South and 

 Central America, and the southern part of the United States where its range 

 passes into and overlaps that of domesticus (Schwarz and Schwarz, op. cit., 

 p. 65). 



Mus musculus domesticus Rutty* 



1772. Mus domesticus Rutty, Essay Nat. Hist. County Dublin, vol. 1, p. 281. 



1862. H[esperomys] indianus Wied-Neuwied, Arch. Naturg., Jahrg. 28, vol. 1, 



p. 111. (New Harmony, Posey County, Ind. See Hatt, Journ. Mamm., 



vol. 11, No. 3, p. 317, Aug. 9, 1930.) 



1943. Mus musculus domesticus Schwarz and Schwarz, Journ. Mamm., vol. 



24, No. 1, p. 65, Feb. 20, 1943. 

 Type Locality. — Dublin, Ireland. Range. — Introduced into North America, 

 from Alaska to the northern part of the Central States of the United States 

 (Schwarz and Schwarz, loc. cit.). 



53 Revised by Schwarz and Schwarz, Journ. Mamm., vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 59-72, Feb. 20, 1943. 

 Mus musculus musculus if not known to occur in North America. 



