58 MAMMALIA. 



The Bandicoot or Pig Rat ; Sanscrit, Indur ; Hind., Ghous or Ghus; 

 Canarese,* Heggin ; Telegu, Pandikoku ; Singalese/Pora Meeyo. 



Distribution.' — This rat is apparently restricted to the Indian 

 peninsula strictly speaking {i.e., south of the great alluvial plains); 

 it also occurs commonly in Ceylon ; it has frequently been reported 

 from Calcutta, but on investigation it is usually found to be the 

 large Mus decumanus or perhaps the rarer Nesokia nemorivagus 

 that has been mistaken'for the true bandicoot. 



a. Skin ? Bradachellum S. of. W. T. Blanford. 



Godavery dist. ']-2''j\, 

 h Skin Ceylon (J. Mortimer, Columbo Mus. 



29-10-81). 



c. Skin juv. Ceylon E. F. Kelaart, A.S.B. 



d-e. 2 Stuffed, i Manhoom Mus. Coll., 1886. 

 skull, 



/•-p- 2 Stuffed, I Ceyblon E. F. Kelaart, A.S.B. 

 ■^ ^' skull. 



h. Ale. juv. Goona, C- I. A. Barclay. 



j. Ale!, skull $ „ „ A. Barclay. 



k-n. 4 Ale ^-Madras G. Bidie. 



o-p. 2 Ale. $ ., G. Bidie. 



q-t. 4 Ale. juv. „ • G. Bidie. 



u. Ale. $ Zoological Gardens. 



vx. 3 Skulls $ Goona A. Barclay. 



y-z. aSkuUs ? „ A. Barclay. 



Nesokia nemorivagus. 



Mus nemorivagus, Hodgson J. A. S. B., v, p. 234 (1836) ; id. Attn. Mag. 



N. H,, XV, p. 266 ; HorsfieJd Cat. E. I. Mus, p. 141. 

 Mus setifer, Horsfield Zool. Res., with plate (1824); id. Cat. E. I. Mus., 



p. 142. 

 Mus macropus, Hodgson Ann. Mag. N. H., xv, p. 268 [juv.] (1845). 

 Mus bandicota, apud Cantor J. A. S. B., xv, p. 253 ^1846) ; Blyth 



J. A. S. B., xliv, Burma List, p. 39; Swinhne P. Z. S., 1870, p. 635. 

 Nesokia hydrophila, apud Gray Cat. Hodgs. Coll., ist ed., p. 19; [nee 



Hodgs.'] 1847. 

 Mus (Nesokia) elliotanus, Anderson J. A. S. B., xlvii, p, 231, pi. xiv, figs, 



e-h (1878). 

 Mus (Nesokia) nemorivagus, Thomas P. Z. S., p. 528 (1881). 



Distribution. — This form seems to replace Nesokia bandicota in 

 Nepal, Sikkim, Bengal and Assam ; it is also recorded from For- 

 mosa, and probably extends through Burma to the Malay Penin- 

 sula and some of the islands. 



a. Ale. skull $ Purneah, 28-5-72 J Anderson. 



b. Ale. skull $ juv. ,, ,, J. Anderson. 



c. Ale. skull $ Alipur nr. Calcutta J. Anderson. 



[The above three are co-types of Mus (Nesokia) elliotaHUs, Anderson.] 

 .«f. Ale skull (? Sibsagar, Assam S. E. Peal. 



