MAMMALS FROM BURMA 939 
gada, and of the Mus musculus group (JZ. musculus, cervicolor, 
bactrianus, wagner? etc.). 
93. Mus coxingi, Swinn. (') 
a-d. 3 ¢ and 1 9. Thagata. 
e-f. 2 
@ Plapoo. 
ao SL 
40 40 410 Q 
Head and body 
183 
176 
174 
170 
Mammae 2 —2=—8. 
Tail 
210 
194 
196 
186 
Hind-foot Kar. 
38 20 
38.8 20 
39.5 21 
37.8 18 
For remarks on these specimens see under the next species. 
94, Mus jerdoni, Bu. 
9 specimens Yado. 
» Taho, Carin Hills. 
» Top of M.' Mooleyit, 1800-1900 m. 
1 
21 
1 9. Plapoo, 3 April 1887. 
ye 
o 
oi: 
Q 
6 
(Pla-poo) 
Head and body 
159 
160 
"162 
158 
142 
Mammae 2—2=8. 
Tail 
203 
214 
220 
196 
Zee 
Hind-foot Kar 
33 2) 
SR TOS 
32 ae 
30.5 20 
30 16.5 
Signor Fea obtained on Mount Mooleyit and in its immediate 
neighbourhood a large quantity of rats belonging to the peculiar 
East Indian group of which Mus jerdoni is the best known 
species. The members of this group are mostly inhabitants of 
mountainous regions; they all have slender bodies, large ears, 
long and generally bicolor tails, reddish and more or less spi- 
nous fur, pure sharply defined white or yellowish bellies, naked 
@) Nom. emend.; M. coninga, Swinh. P. Z. S., 1864, p. 185, improved into 
M. coxinga, id. P. Z. S., 1870, p. 636, but as the species is named after the pirate 
chief Coxing, the proper form of the word is as above. 
