410 mubid-t:. 



extremities dai'ker, a few longer hairs black-tipped. Spines when 

 present whitish except at the end. Tail dark, the same colour above 

 as below. 



Dimensions. Head and body .o"25 to 6, tail 7 to 8*4, ear from 

 outer base 0-!», hind foot 1 ; total length of skull 1-3, breadth 0-6 ; 

 weight 2i oz. 



Distribution. JN'epal and Sikhim. Several .specimens were obtained 

 at Darjiling in houses by Mr. Hodgson. 



Mus cinnamomeus, Blyth, was united to 3Ii(S caudatior, which is 

 the same as Mus fulvescins, by Mr. Blyth himself. The colour, 

 however, is much paler, the teeth considerably larger, and the 

 anterior border of the maxillary zygomatic process much more 

 emarginate. The type of M. cinnamomeus was from Schwe Gyeng, 

 Burma, and measured, head and body about 6 inches, tail 7'75, 

 hind foot V2o. Further specimens are required to show whether 

 this is the same as M. fulvescens or distinct. 



276, Mus iDOwersi. Andersons Rat. 



Mus bowei'si, A^iderson, An. ZooL lies. p. 304, pi. xvii (1878) ; Thomas, 

 P. Z. S. 1886, p. 62; W. Sclater, P. Z. S. 1890, p. o24, pi. xliv, 

 fig. 2 (skull). 



Fur thin, harsh and coarse, without spines, growing from the 

 roots in small tufts of 3 or 4 hairs. Tail exceeding the head and 

 body in length, and but thinly clad with very short hair. Ears 

 large, almost naked. Mammic 8 : pectoral 2 pairs, inguinal 2. 



Skull long, fronto-nasal portion elongate, and very straight 

 above. Infraorbital foramen ^^'idely open below ; the anterior 

 border of the maxillary zygomatic process vertical at the lower base, 

 then rounded, deeply emarginate above. 



Colour above dark greyish brown (earthy brown), slightly 

 grizzled, sides paler, lower parts white or pale yello\^\ No dark 

 grey underfur ; dorsal hairs whitish at the base, becoming gradually 

 darker till they are blackish brown near the end, the extreme tip 

 whitish. Longer piles ai-e intermixed having long black points. 

 Tail brown throughout, except the terminal portion, varying fi-om 

 jg- to ^, which is pale with white hair. 



Dimensions. Head and body 9 inches, tail 10*25, ear I'lo, hind 

 foot 2-15 ; basal length of skull 1*9, extreme length 2*1, zygomatic 

 breadth 1-1, 



Distribution. Hotha in Yunnan, Machi in Mauipur, Karennt^e, and 

 Tenasserim (Fea). Probably a tree-rat. A single specimen from 

 the Andamans in the British Museum belongs either to a variety 

 of M. howersi or to a closely allied form. 



277. Mus berdmorei. The (jreii Rat. 



Mus berdmorei, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xx, p. 173, note (1851), Pxxiv, 

 p. 712, xxxii, p. 343: ThumuK, P. Z. S. 1886, p. 62 : W. Sclater, 



P. z. s. i«to, p. .-,i>.-,. 



