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been received. The circumstances of its capture were 

 not ascertained. The length of the hind foot of this animal 

 recorded at the time was 49 mm., i.e. about a centimetre 

 longer than the mean foot length of any other species of 

 rodents known in Rangoon. Except for its colour and 

 the disproportionate size of its feet it resembled the larger 

 species of mole-rat, G. varius, which was common in the 

 district. It resembles that species in total size, in tail 

 length, and in the form of its skull. There is little doubt 



a. 265, 39- 



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b, 265, 49. 



c, 260, 52. 



FIG. 4. 



that there was a group of these curious animals in that 

 part of the town, nor is there much doubt that their pro- 

 genitors were born as sports from normal members of the 

 species Gunomys varius. Unfortunately the group was 

 not located. 



The large size of the feet is interesting, for in this 

 respect the sports resemble the allied genus Bandicota. 

 In Fig. 4 are seen drawings of a hind foot of (a) a normal 

 Gunomys varitis of Rangoon, (b) of the sport under dis- 

 cussion, and (c) a Bandicota nemoyivaga caught in Calcutta. 



