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Order IV. GLIRES. 



Fam. 1. MURIDvE. 



MUS. 



Teeth :— Incisors £| ; Molars f=? ; =16. 



The Bandicoot or Pig Rat. Mus bandicota. 



Mus giganteus, Waterhouse, Mag. Nat. Hist. 1839, p. 12. figs, a, b, c 

 (skull). 



a. Skull. Madras. Presented by Walter Elliott, Esq. 



b, c, d, e. Skulls. India. 



/. Skull. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



The Black Rat. Mus rattus. 



Pander und D' Alton, Vergl. Osteol. no.vi. pi. 5 a, b (skull). — Fischer, 



Prodi-. Cran. Comp. pi. 2. fig. 3 (skull), 1811. 

 Rat, Buff., Hist. Nat. vii. p. 278. pi. 36 (skeleton). 



Cervical vertebrae 7 



Dorsal 13 



Lumbar 6 



Sacral 4 



Caudal 33 



a, 6. Skulls. 



*c. Skull. Cambridgeshire. — Mus hibemicus. 



d. Skeleton. England. From Mr. Daniel's Collection. 



e. Skull. Cambridgeshire. Presented by Mr. Baker. 

 /. Skull: young. Chili. 



*g. ? Skull. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's Collection. 



h. Skeleton. Germany. From Dr. A. Giinther's Collection. 



i. Skull. Egypt. From Dr. Christie's Collection. 



•/• Skull: adult. Chili. 



k. Skeleton : young. Brought into the Museum alive, with the 



Nineveh marbles : said to be the Rat of the country from which 



they came. Presented by Mr. J. Saunders. 

 1. Skeleton. From the Zoological Society's Collection. 



The WrHOK. Mus setifer. 



Cervical vertebra? 7 



Dorsal 13 



Lumbar 5 



Sacral 4 



Caudal 35 



«. Skeleton. Pinang. Presented by the East India Board. 



