406 ^rFBiPT;. 



h'. Tail shorter than head and body. 



a". Fur spineless or mixed with flexible 

 spines. 

 «\ Ear laid forward extending to eye . . M. cervicolor, p. 417. 



P . Ear not extending to eye M. budvga, p. 416. 



b ". Dorsal fur mainly or wholly of inflexible 



spines M. plah/thri.r, p. 418. 



B. Four or five plantar pads. 



o. Back dark brown ; hind foot about 1 in. . . 31. mctfada, p. 410. 

 h. Back sandy or fawn-colour; hind foot 0*7 in. M. (/hadoivi, p. 420. 



C. Ears covered with long hair; hind foot 0-.32in. M. (-ri/t/irotis, p. 420. 



D. Second and third upper molars equal in size ; 



hind foot 1 inch M. humei, p. 421. 



272. Mus rattllS. The common Indian Mat. 



Mus rattus, Lijin. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 83 (1766) ; Blyth, Cat. p. 113; W. 



Sdater, P. Z. S. 1890, p. 523. 

 INIus alexandriuus, Geof. Desc. de VUffy^'^e, Hist. Nat. ii, p. 733, 



Atlas, pi. V, fig. 1 (1812) ; Scidhj, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 204 ; Thomas, 



P. Z. S. 1881, p. 533. 

 Mus indicus, Geoff"., Besm. Mam. p. 299 (1822), nee Bechstein. 

 Mus rufescens and asiaticus, Gray, C/iarles2cort/i's Maq. N. II. i, 



p. 585 (18.37). 

 Mus rattus and flavescens {nee Waterhousi'), Elliot. Mad. Jour. L. S. 



X, pp. 212, 214. 

 Mus brunneusculus, rattoides, nitidus, and horeites, Ilodt/.-^on, A. M. 



N. H. (1) XV, pp. 267, 268 (1845). 

 Mus a;quicaudalis, Hodgson, A. M^ N. H. (2) iii, p. 203 (1849). 

 Mus nemoralis, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xx, p. 168; id. Cat. p. 114. 

 INIus kandianus, Kelaart, Blyth, ibid. p. 169. 

 Mus rattus, ceylonus, flavescens, nemoralis, and asiaticus, Kelaart, 



Prod. pp. 58, 61-63. 

 Mus robustulus, Blyth, J. A. 8. B. xxviii, p. 294 (1859) ; id. Cat. 



p. 114 ; id. Mam. Birds Burma, p. 39. 

 Mus crassipes, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxviii, p. 295. 

 Mus (Leggada) andamanensis, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxix, p. 103 (ISl'O) ; 



id. Cat. p. 114. 

 Mus rattus, andamanensis, nemoralis, rufescens, robustulus, nitidus, 



horeites, and fequicaudalis, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxxii, pp. 338-344. 

 ?Mus infraliueatus, Blyth, Cat. p. 116 (no description). 

 Mus rattus, infi-alineatus, brunneus, rufescens, and nitidus, Jcrdon, 



Mam. pp. 194, 197-201. 

 Mus palmarum, Zelebor, Novarareise, Siiuyeth. p. 26, pi. 3. 

 Mus sladeni and yunnanensis, Anderson, An. Zool. Pes. pp. 305, 306. 

 Mus rattus rufescens, Thomas, P. Z. S. 1881, pp. 57, 71. 

 Chuha, Miisa, II. ; Gaclma-indur, Beng. ; Kart yclli, Tam. ; Ghas- 

 miyo, Cing. 



Fur variable, occasionally mixed with fine spines, more often 

 spineless. Tail generally longer than the head and body (more 

 rarely about equal or a little shorter). Ears moderately large, ex- 

 tending to the eye or occasionally beyond it, when laid forward. 

 Mainmse 10-12 : 2 or 3 pairs pectoi-al, 3 inguinal. Foot-]iads 5 on 

 the foi'e foot, 6 on the hind, the hindmost of the latter (proximal 

 metatarsal pad) considerably elongated. 



Skull very slightly convex above, the nasals sometimes greatly 



