286 THE ORIENTAL REGION. [CHAP. 



III. Carnivora. (Cont.) 



PROCYONID^E. 



sElurus. Eastern Himalayan and Burmese ; fossil in 



English Pliocene. 

 MUSTELID^E. 



Arctonyx. Two E. Himalayan and Burmese species, 



and probably a third from Tibet. 

 Mellivora. One Indian and another Ethiopian 



species ; fossil in Indian Pliocene. 

 Helictis. India to China. 

 Mydaus. Malayan. 



IV. Rodentia. 



SCIURID^E. 



Rhithrosciurus. Borneo. 



Nannosciurus. Represented elsewhere by a single 



West African species. 

 Sciurus. This almost cosmopolitan genus appears to 



attain its maximum development in the Malayan 



sub-region. 

 Pteromys. 

 MURID^E. 



Chrotomys. Philippines (Luzon). 

 Xeromys. Philippines (Luzon), and Australia. 

 Phlceomys. Philippines. 

 Crateromys. Philippines (Luzon). 

 Hapalomys. Burma. 

 Vandeleuria. India and Burma. 

 Chiropodomys. Burmese and Malayan. 

 Pithechirus. Sumatra and Java. 

 Rhynchomys. \ 



Carpomys. > Philippines (Luzon). 

 Batomys. / 



Golunda. One Indian and one Ethiopian species. 

 HYSTRICID^E. 



Atherura. One Malayan and one West African 



species ; fossil in Indian Plistocene. 

 Trichys. Borneo. 



