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also the Palaearctic region. Vandeleuria, Cliiropodoniys, Batoinys, 

 Carpoiiiys are Oriental, the last two being confined to the 

 I'liilippines. 



Another peculiar Philippine genus is Ph/acoinys, of large size, 

 and allied to it is Crateromys, originally confounded with it. 

 Batomys granti is also confined to Luzon. Its molars are three, 

 like those of the also restricted and I'hilippine Carpomys iiirlan- 

 urus, whicli is an arboreal form. There is a second species, 

 C. phaeurus. 



Plilacomys is placed, however, by Mr. Thoma,s in a distinct 

 sub-family of its own, Phlaeomyinae, and is removed from the 

 Murinae. 



Hapalomys, with but one species, is Burmese. Pithecochirus is 



Fig. 23.5. — Spiny Mouse. Aconvjs cahirinus. x^ 



Javanese and Sumatran. Conilurus (also known as HaiKilotis) is 

 a genus containing species which are termed Jerboa Eats, on 

 account of their mode of progression. They are desert and 

 Australian forms. There are sixteen species. 



Mastacomys, with one species, is limited to Tasmania. Uromys, 

 with some eight species, is from Queensland, and inhabits also the 

 Aru Islands and the Solomon Islands. The Celebesian Eeliiothrix, 

 or Craurothrix as it should apparently properly be called, is another 

 genus containing but a single species. Golunda is both Oriental 

 and Ethiopian, one species occurring in each region. The beauti- 

 ful little striped Barbary Mice, Arviacanthis (or Isornys), are 

 African, north as well as tropical. 



The genus S(wcostomus resembles the Hamsters in the presence 

 of cheek pouches. Its teeth, however, are Murine. It agrees with 

 Steatomys in the comparatively short tail. The caecum is rather 

 long. 



