CATALOG OF TYPE SPECIMENS OF MAMMALS 439 



Genus TRICHYS Gunther 

 *Trichys macrotis Miller. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 26 : 469, Feb. 3, 1903. 

 114488. Skin and skull. Adult female. Tapanuli Bay, north- 

 western Sumatra. February 20, 1902. Collected by W. L. 

 Abbott. Original number 1555. 

 Well-made skin in good condition ; .skull Grade A. 



Family IDIURIDAE: African Flying Squirrels 

 Genus IDIURUS Matschie 

 *Idiurus macrotis Miller. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 12: 73, Mar. 24, 189S. 

 83625. Skin and skull. Young adult male, Efulen, Cameroon dis- 

 trict, West Africa. June 18, 1895. Collected by G. L. Bates. 

 Original number 4. 

 Well-made skin in good condition ; skull Grade C. 



Family MURIDAE : Murine Rats and Mice 

 Genus ACOMYS Geoffroy 

 *Acomys hystrella Heller. 



Smith.sonian Misc. Coll. 56 (17) : 13, Feb. 28, 1911. 

 164821. Skin and skull. Adult female. Nimule, Uganda, Africa. 

 February 4, 1910. Collected by J. Alden Loring. Original num- 

 ber 8929. 



Well-made skin in good condition, skin on terminal half inch of tail lacking ; 

 skull Grade A. 



*Acomys ignitis montanus Heller. 



Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 63 (7) : 12, June 24, 1914. 

 182901. Skin only. Adult female. North slope of Mount Marsabit, 

 altitude 4,600 feet, British East Africa [-= Kenya]. February 

 26, 1911. Collected by A. Blayne Percival. Original number 309. 

 Well-made skin in good condition. 



Genus AETHOMYS Thomas 

 *Epimys kaiseri centralis Heller. 



Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 63 (7) : 10, June 24, 1914. 



=Aethomys kaiseri heUeri (HoUister). See Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 (ser. 9) 17: 177, Jan. 1926. 



165035. Skin and skull. Adult male. Rhino Camp, Lado, Uganda, 

 Africa. January 11, 1910. Collected by J. Alden Loring. Orig- 

 inal number 8633. 



Well-made skin in good condition ; skull Grade A. 



