CLASSIFICATION OF ANIMALS 



1. Acomys subspinosus, Waterh. The Spiny Mouse. 



2. Acomys selousi, de Wint. Selous Spiny Mouse. 



1. Dasymys incomtus typicus, Sund. Peter's Water Rat. 



2. Dasymys fuscus, de Wint. P.Z.S., 1896, ii. p. 804. 



1. Lcmnis corny s dorsalis typicus, A. Smith. The Single-striped 



Mouse. (Arvicantkis of Sclater.) 



2. Lemniscomys dorsalis calidior, Thos. and Wrought. P.Z.S., 



1908, p. 545. The Single-striped Mouse. 



1. Rhabdomys pumilio typicus, Sparr. The Striped Mouse. 



(Arvicanthis of Sclater.) 



2. Rhabdomys pumilio bechuance, Thos. 



3. Rhabdomys pumilio deserti, Dollman. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 



Ser. 8, vi. Oct. 1910, p. 399. 



4. Rhabdomys pumilio cinereus, Thos. and Schw. P.Z.S., 1904, 



i. p. 179. 



5. Rhabdomys pumilio meridionalis, Wrought. Ann. Mag. Nat. 



Hist. (7), xv. p. 632 (1905). 



6. Rhabdomys pumilio griques, Wrought. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 



(7), xv. p. 632 (1905). 



7. Rhabdomys pumilio intermedius, Wrought. Ann. Mag. Nat. 



Hist. (7), xv. p. 632 (1905). 



8. Rhabdomys pumilio chokes, Wrought. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 



(7), xv. p. 632 (1905). 



9. Rhabdomys pumilio dilectus, de Wint. 



10. Rhabdomys pumilio moshesh, Wrought. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 (7), xv. p. 632 (1905). 



1. Pelomys fallax, Pet. The Swamp Rat. (Golunda fallax of 



Sclater.) 



2. Pelomys australis, Roberts. Ann. Trans. Mus., iv. 1913, p. 90. 



Sub-family : Cricetince 



Rat-like animals with cheek pouches and short tails. They 

 are characterized by having two longitudinal rows of cusps on 

 the crowns of their upper molar teeth, instead of three as in the 

 Murinae. 



This sub-family is represented all over the world except Austra- 

 lasia, and includes the only representatives of the great Rodent 

 order found in Madagascar. 



In South Africa only one Genus (Mystromys) is represented. 

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