MAMMAL SURVEY OF INDIA, BURMA AND CEYLON. 98 



( 4o ) CCELOMYS MAYOKI, ThoS. 



Mayor's Rat. 



1915. Coelomys mai/ori, Thomas, Journ. B.N.H.S., Vol. XXIII, p. 416. 

 (5 6, $ 10, in al. 2, Pattipola. 



A medium sized rat, bearing a strong outward resemblance to Millardia. 

 Brown with a faint ochraceous grizzling ; grey below. Head and body about 

 4 inches, tail 3i inches. 



Coelomys bicolob, Thos. 



The Bicoloured Coelomys. 



1915. Ccelomys bicolor, Thomas, Journ. B.N.H.S., Vol. XXIV, p. 49. 

 S. Ceylon $1. 



This animal was listed in Report 13 as Legyada hannynytoni, an animal 

 which it very closely resembles exteriorly. "When the skull was cleaned, 

 Thomas decided that it was a second species of Coelomys, i.e., the lowland 

 representative of mayori. 



(46) EpIMYS NEM0K.ALI8, Blyth. 

 The Ceylon Large Tree Rat. 



1851. Mus nemoralis, Blyth, J.A.S.B., XX, p. 168. 



1891. Mus rattus, Blanford, Mammalia No. 272 (partim). 



(5 2, 2 3, Mannar ; J 4, $ 9, Kandy ; S^, 5 8, Trincomalee ; 

 S. Ceylon ^ 9, $ 5, in al. 2. 



The type of nemoralis is in the National Collection. Blyth's description 

 is very incomplete. He compares it with " M. setifer, Horsfield," which is 

 a Malay Bandicoot and says " with a considerably longer 'tail, exceeding the 

 head and body in length, in the proportion of 5 to 4." The species is in 

 fact the Ceylon representative of what in these Reports has been called 

 '" rufescens.^' If ultimately it is found not to differ from rufescens, Blyth's 

 name will fall, but comparing the types I believe it is unlikely, and 1 think 

 it most convenient to list it under a name which most certainly belongs to 

 it. 



(47) Epimys kandianus, Kel. 

 The White-bellied Tree Rat. 



1850. Mus kandianus, Kelaart, J.A.S. Ceyl., Vol. II., p. 326. 

 1891. Mus rattus, Blanford, Mammalia No. 272 (partim). 



$ 8, 2 9, in al. 2, Maha Oya ; d 2, $ 1, Valaichenai ; $ 1, 

 Cheddikulam ; c? 3, $ 7, in al. 1, Urugalla ; 2 1? Nagagala 

 Estate ; d'2, 2 1, in al. 5, Kandy ; cJl, $1, Tammannewa, 

 in al. 2, Mankeni ; in al. 2, Peradeniya, S. Ceylon (^24, 

 2 25, in al. 2. 

 The common house rat of Ceylon, corresponding to the white-bellied 

 variety of rufescens on the mainland. 



(48) Epimys kelaakti, Wr. 



Kelaarfs Rat. 



1891. Mus rattus, Blanford, Mammalia No. 272 (partim). 



1915, Epimys kelaarti, Wroughton, Journ. B. N. H. S., Vol. XXIV, p. 48, 



J 16, 2 25, in al. 7, Pattipola ; Jl, 2 15, in al. 5, Ambawela. 

 Kelaart in his Prodromus indicated but did not name this species. It is 

 recognisable by its very long fur and dirty white under surface, the bases of 



