Mus. 75 



Mus cervicolor. 



Mus cervicolor, Hodgson Ann. Mag. N. H., xv, p. 268 (1845) ; Gray 



Cat. Hodgs.Coll., ist ed., p. 19; Jerdon Mamm., ^. 206. [^t.'\; Thomas 



P. Z. S., 1881, p. 547 ; 'd- P- Z. S., 1886, p. 65. 

 Mus strophiatus, Hodgson Ann. Mag. N. H., xv, p. 268(1845); Blyth 



J. A. S. B , xxxii, p. 349 ; id. J. A. S. B., xxxiv, p. 193. 

 Mus cunicularis, Blyth J. A. S. B., xxiv, p. 721 (1855); id. J. A. S. B., 



xxxii, p. 34S ; id. Cat. no. 384, p. 119. 



Distrihution. — Nepal and the Eastern Himalayas, extending 

 through Assam and Munipur. 



There does not seem to be any true distinction between this 

 species and Leggada buduga; Thomas (/. c.') allows that they are 

 nearly allied but asserts that they can be distinguished by the 

 length of their ears ; this distinction does not seem to hold good 

 when measurements of many individuals are taken. As this cata- 

 logue has been founded on Thomas' monograph on the Indian Mice, 

 the two species have been kept apart, being merely distinguished 

 by their geographical origin. 



a-c. 3 Ale, 1 skull Khasia Hills F. Skipwith (1855), A.S.B. 



[Types of Mus cunicularis, Blyth.] 



d-e. 2 Ale, 1 skull Garo Hills N. Belletty (1870). 



? 



/. Ale, skull Dacca N. Belletty (1870). 



$ 



g-h. 2 Ale,. 2 Cachar Mus Coll, 



skulls $ $ 

 j. Ale, skull $ Narainpur, Assam H. H, Godwin Austen. 



juv. 

 k. Ale, skull ^ Hailakandi, Cachar C. H. Dreyer. 



juv. 



Mus arianus. 



Mus sylvaticus, apiid Filippi Viaggio Persia, p. 344 (1865). 



Mus erythronotus, Blanford Ann. Mag N. H. (4) xvi, p. 311 (1875),' 



id. Persia, p. 54, pi. v, fig 3 ; id. Yarkand Mammals, p. 54 ; id. J. A. S. B., 



xlviii, p. 97 {nee. Temniinck^. 

 Mus ananus, Blanford Ann. Mag. N. H. (5), vii, p. 162 (1881); Scully 



P. Z. S., 1881, p. 205 ; Thomas P. Z. S., 1881, p. 548 ; Buchner Wiss, 



Result. Przewalski Reisen, Rodentia, p. 90. 



Distribution — Northern Persia, Gilgit, and the Pamir, extending 

 to the Thian Shan (Przewalsky). 



This species is closely allied to Mus sylvaticus which it seems to 

 replace in Asia ; the distinctions between the two species are 

 clearly pointed out by Thomas {J.c?) and the persistance of 

 these differences seem to be confirmed by the examination of the 

 specimens in the Indian Museum. 



