Mus. 45 



Form stout and heavy, muzzle blunt. Fur ratlier sliort and harsh, 

 grizzled, bi'own above, rather paler below, and of three kinds as in the 

 preceding, but the piles are not numerous. Ears short and rounded, 

 and laid forward, they do not reach to the eyes. Tail shorter than 

 head and body, ringed and sparsely covered with hairs, uniform brown 

 above and below. Feet of medium size, nearly always brown above. 

 Foot-pads small and rounded, five on the fore and six on the hind feet 

 as in the other species. Mamma) 1418, — often different on the two 

 sides of the body. 



Length. — Head and body 7 to 8 inches ; tail 5 to 7, 



The common Nesokia of all India. In Sind it has only been found 

 in the Thurr districts and a little below. The Southern Indian 

 race of this species is Mus Kok, Gray=M. iirovidcns, Ell. Madras 

 Journal. 



Mus (Nesokia) bandicota, Bochst. Mus giganteus, Ilarclw. Tr, 

 Lin. 8oc. vii., p. 306 ; Anderson J. A. S. B. 47, p. 232. 



Size very large, one to Ij feet or more in length. Tail about the 

 length of head and body or less. Fur coai'se, grizzled, blackish grey and 

 white above, grey beneath ; long piles on the dorsal and lumbar regions, 

 abundant. Tail broadly ringed, sparsely clad with short hairs. Feet 

 well developed, sparsely clad above with short hairs. Moustache 

 loug. 



Mammae 12 — three pectoral and three inguinal pairs. 



Hah. — Sind (at Kurrachee only), affecting cotton godowns, and 

 throughout the Peninsula of India, 



Mus (as restricted). — Incisors narrow, smooth in front. Molars 

 tubercular, not divided into transverse laminas. Pollex only with a 

 nail, the other digits with sharp compressed claws. Other characters 

 variable. 



The following is a synopsis of the species which occur ia Sind : — 



I. Hind feet with 6 well-defined foot-pads. 



A Large, 4^ to 9 inches in length. Last hind foot-pad elongated^: 

 Rats. 



a. Whole of tail covered with short hairs j 



upperside of tail dark coloured; 8 — 12 



mammas. 

 a. Tail dark above and below, shorter than 



head and body ; 10 — 12 mammas; hind 



foot 1*5" — ll" ....M. decumanus. 



h. Tail longer than head and body , anterior edge 



of zygoma root with a strongly marked 



rounded angle above ; 10 — 12 mammae ; 



hind foot 1*2" — 1 '45" M. aUxandrinus. 



