CLASSIFICATION OF ANIMALS 



1. A corny s subspinosuSy Waterh. The Spiny Mouse. 



2, J corny s selousi, de Wint. Selous Spiny Mouse. 



1. Dasymys incomtus typicus^ Sund. Peter's Water Rat. 



2. Dasymys fuscuSy de Wint. P.Z.S., 1896, ii. p. 804. 



1. Lcmniscomys dorsalis typicus, A. Smith. The Single-striped 



Mouse. {Arvicanthis of Sclater.) 



2. Lcmniscomys dorsalis calidior, Thos. and Wrought. P.Z.S., 



1908, p. 545. The Single-striped Mouse. 



1. Rhabdomys pumilio typicus, Sparr. The Striped Mouse. 



{Arvicanthis of Sclater.) 



2. Rhabdomys pumilio bechuance, Thos. 



3. Rhabdomys pumilio deserti, Dollman. Aim. Mag. Nat. Hist., 



Ser. 8, vi. Oct. 1910, p. 399. 



4. Rhabdomys pumilio cinereus, Thos. and Schw. P.Z.S., 1904, 



i- P- 179- 



5. Rhabdomys pumilio meridionalis, Wrought. Afin. Mag. Nat. 



Hist. (7), XV. p. 632 (1905). 



6. Rhabdomys pumilio griqucs. Wrought. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 



(7), XV. p. 632 (1905). 



7. Rhabdomys pumilio intermedius, Wrought. Ann. Mag. Nat. 



Hist. (7), XV. p. 632 (1905). 



8. Rhabdomys pumilio chakce, Wrought. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 



(7), XV. p. 632 (1905). 



9. Rhabdomys pumilio dilectus, de Wint. 



ID. Rhabdomys pumilio moshesh, Wrought. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 (7), XV. p. 632 (1905). 



1. Pelomys fallax, Pet. The Swamp Rat. {Golunda fallax of 



Sclater.) 



2. Pelomys australis, Roberts. Ann. Trans. Mus., iv. 191 3, p. 90. 



Sub-family : Cricetinee 



Rat-like animals with cheek pouches and short tails. They 

 are characterized by having two longitudinal rows of cusps on 

 the crowns of their upper molar teeth, instead of three as in the 

 Murinae. 



This sub-family is represented all over the world except Austra- 

 lasia, and includes the only representatives of the great Rodent 

 order found in Madagascar. 



In South Africa only one Genus {Mystromys) is represented. 



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