Mtis. 413 



281. Mus chiropus. Fea's Hat. 

 Mus chiropus, Thomas, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 2 a, x (1891). 



Similar in size and proportions to M.jerdoni, but with the hallux 

 opposable and, like the pollex, furnished with a flat nail in place 

 of a claw. Fur long, not spinous, but with a few flattened bristles 

 intermixed. In the skull the anterior border of the maxillary 

 zygomatic process slopes slightly backward from the lower end, 

 and is nearly straight throughout, being scarcely emarginate 

 above. 



Colour above rufous-brown, sides and outer surfaces of limbs 

 bright rufous, lower parts white, the colours sharply denned. Tail 

 dark above, pale below. 



Dimensions. Head and body of an adult male in spirit 5 inches, 

 tail 8, hind foot 1-2, ear O6 ; basal length of skull 1'25, extreme 

 length 1-5. 



Distribution. Karennee. A single specimen was obtained by 

 Mr. L. Fea at an elevation of about 4500 feet above the sea. 



282. Mus nmsculus. The common House-Mouse. 



Mus musculus, Linn. Syst. Nat. xii, p. 83 ; Elliot, Mad. Jour. L. S. 



x, p. 214 ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxi, p. 351, xxviii, p. 296. 

 Musculus nipalensis, Hodgson, J. A. S. B. x, p. 915 (no description). 

 Mus manei, Gray, List Mam. B. M. p. Ill (1843) (no description) ; 



Kelaart, Prod. p. 64; Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxix, p. 103. 

 Mus urbanus, Hodgson, A. M. N. H. xv, p. 269 (1845) ; Blyth, J. A. 



S. B. xxxii, p. 34-5 ; id. Cat. p. 118 ; Thomas, P. Z. S. 1881, 



p. 544 ; W. Sclater, P. Z. S. 1890, p. 527. 

 Mus dubius, Hodgson, ibid. p. 268. 

 Mus homourus, Hodgson, ibid. p. 268 ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxxii, 



p. 346 ; id. Cat. p. 118. 

 Mus darjeelingensis, Hodgson, A. M. N. H.(2) iii, p. 203 (1849) (no 



description); Horsjield, Cat. p. 143. 



? Mus tytleri, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxviii, p. 296, xxxii, p. 346. 

 Mus rama, Cantor, Blyth, J. A. 8. B. xxxiv, pt. 2, p. 194. 

 Mus urbanus, homourus, darjeelingensis, and tytleri, Jerdon, Mam, 



pp. 203-205. 

 Mus kakhyenensis and viculorum, Anderson, An. Zool. Res. pp. 307, 



308. 



Musi, Chuhi, Mesuri, H. ; Chutu, Kol. ; Lengtia indur, Beng. ; Manei 

 buduga, Can. ; Kusettamiyo, Cing. ; Shintad yn<?w,Wadari, Ahmednagar. 



Fur short, without spines. Tail almost naked, generally longer 

 than the head and body, but sometimes the same or even a little 

 less. Ears rounded, extending to the eye when laid forward. 

 Mammae 10 : 3 pairs pectoral, 2 inguinal. Skull convex above ; 

 third molar in both jaws very small, about one third the size of 

 the second. 



Colour above varying from dark to light brown, below paler and 



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