GOLTTNDA 



42'/ 



anteriorly iu au acute angle, diverging behind. Anterior palatine 

 foramina very long, extending back to opposite the middle of the 

 first molar. Molars broad and short, the first without an 

 additional cusp. 



Colour above sandy (very pale yellowish or rufescent brown), 

 below white. No dark underfur. Vibrissse white, except some of 

 the uppermost. 



Dimemions. Head aud body 4 inches, tail 4, ear from crown 0'5, 

 hind foot 0*75; length of skull I'l. 



Distribution. Egypt, Northern Arabia, and Palestine. A single 

 specimen was obtained in 8ind, at Laki, near Sehwan, by Mr. 

 H. E. Watson. 



Genus GOLUNDA, Gray (1837). 



Syn. Pelomys, Peters (1852). 



Fig. 134. — Upper (a) and 

 lower {b) right molars 

 of G. ellioti, X 3. 



Head short aud rounded. Ears 

 rounded, tail hairy. Feet as in Mus. 

 Molars low, broad, tubercular in the 

 young, the worn surface exhibiting 

 a peculiar pattern composed of semi- 

 circular lobes arranged in a triple row 

 in the upper, and a double in the lower 

 jaw. Upper incisors grooved. Bony 

 palate narrow. 



This genus occurs in Africa and 

 India, one species being found in 

 each area. 



299. Golunda ellioti. The Indian Bush-Rat. 



Goluuda ellioti, Gray, Charlesivorth''s Mag. N. H. i, p. o86 (1837) 

 Kelaart, Prod. p. 07 ; Bli/th, J. A. S. B. xx, p. 167, xxxii, p. 350 

 id. Cat. p. 121 ; Kelaart, Prod. p. G7 ; Jerdoii, Mam. p. 212 

 Blanford, J. A. S. B. xlv, pt. 2, p. 165, xlvi, pt. 2, p. 292. 



Mus golundi and M. hirsutus, Elliot, Mad. Jour. L. S. x, pp. 208, 

 213 (1829). 



Mus myothrix, Hodf/son, A. M. N. H. xv, p. 267 (1845). 



Goluuda newera, Kelaart, P. Z. S. 1850, p. 158 ; id. Prod. p. 67 ; 

 Bli/th, J. A. 8. B. xxxii, p. 352. 



Goluuda coffteus, Kelaart, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxxii, p. 351. 



Pelomys watsoui, Blanford, P. A. S. B. 1876, p. 181. 



Gula7idi, Can. ; Utu-elli, Tarn. ; Cofee-watte-meyo, Cing. 



Fur coarse, the longer piles much flattened and broadly grooved, 

 but not spiny. Feet small, well clad above ; 5 pads on fore foot, 

 6 on hind. Ears moderate, round, thinly clad with short hair. 

 Tail stout at the base and tapering, shorter than the head and 

 body, and thinly clad throughout with coarse hairs, short but much 



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