46 MUEID^. 



II. Small, 2-4 iuclies in length. Hind foot-pad 

 cii'cular=ilfife. 



Anterior edge of zygoma root per- 

 pendicular; 10 mammee; tail as long as^ 

 or longer than, the head and body. 



1. Colour rufous brown, belly scarcely lighter; 



hind foot •62*— -7* M. urhanus. 



2. Colour pale fulvous, belly white ; hind foot 



•65"— -75* M. hactrlanus. 



III. Hind feet with only 4 or 5 well developed 

 foot- pads ; mammas 8; tail about the 

 length of head and body; hind foot about 

 l-O" M. mettada. 



Mus decumanUS, Pall. Nov. GZtres, p. 91. M. brunneus, Ilodgs. 

 Anil, and Mag. N. H. xv., p. 266. M. decumanoides, Hodgs. J. A.S.B.x., 

 p. 915 ; Jerdon, Mam. Ind. p. 195, Murray, Hdhh., Zool., &c., Sind, 

 p. 92. Chooah, Oondir, Sind, Hind. — The Brown Rat. 



Above dusky cinereous brown, with a tinge of yellow; the hairs slaty 

 at base with a yellowish tip, and the longer ones dusky blackish, 

 beneath dirty pale ashy. Ears as broad as long. Ear conch 0'7", 

 rounded. Tail 7*1". Head and body 8-3". 



Hah. — Sind and throughout India. Found also in Persia. Spreads 

 into Europe. 



Mus alexandrinus, Geoff. Desc. do I'Egypte, Hist. Nat.\\.i p. 733. 

 lA.?i^\Sii\cvi's,,Graij, Charles. Mag. N. H.i.,\i. hiio. M. arboreus, B. H. 

 Ilorsf. Oat. Mus. E. I. 0. M. crassipes, Blyth, J. A. 8. B. 28, p. 295, 

 Ind. — Var nitidus, Hodgson, Ann. and Mag. N. H. xv., p. 267. M. 

 pyctoris, Hodgs. I. c. Var rufescens Gray, Charles. Mag. N. H. i., 

 p. 585. M. indicus Geoff\ Bcsm. Mam. ii., p. 299. M. flav^escens. 

 Ell. Mad. Journ. Lit. 8ci. x., p. 214. M. brunneisculus, Hodgs. Ann. 

 and Mag. Nat. Hist, xv., p. 267. 



Eur harsh, sometimes mixed with fine spines. Colour variable, above 

 dark rufous grey to reddish fulvous, below white. Feet nearly always 

 white. Tail longer than the head and body. Ears large, laid forward 

 they reach quite to or even beyond the eye. Foot-pads 5 — 6. Mammae 

 10, 11 or 12, normally three pectoral and three inguinal pairs, but one 

 or both of the posterior pair often absent. 



Len,gth. — Head and body 6 to 6*8 inches; tail 7 to 9"; hind foot 

 1-2'' to 1-45*. 



Hah. — Sind, Persian Gulf, Madras, Darjeeling and Ceylon. Occurs 

 also in Gilgit and Egypt. 



Mus urbanus, H'oc?()'-5. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist, xv., p. 269; 

 Jcrdon, Mam. Ind. p. 203; Muiray, Hdhk., Zool, &c., Sind, p. 93. 

 Mus musculus. Ell. Madras Journ. x., p. 214. M. nepalensis, Hudgs. 

 J. A. 8. B. X., p. 915. M. manii. Gray, Cat. Mam. Br. Mus. M. darji- 

 lingensis, Hodgs. op. cit. iii., p. 203. M. tytleri, Blyth, J. A. 8. B. 28, 

 p. 96. M. rama, Cant. Bhjth, J. A. 8. B. 34, p. 194. 



