MAMMAL SURVEY OF INDIA, BURMA AND CEYLON. 757 



(33) Nesokia indkja, Gray and Hardw. 

 The Rajputana Short-tailedj Mok Rut. 



1832. Arvicola indica, Gray and Hardwicke III; Ind. Zool., I. pi. XI. 



1837. Mus hardwickei, Gray, Mag. N. H. I., p. o85. 



1891. Nesocia hardwickei, 'BlsmioviX, Mammalia, No. 294. 

 d" 2^ Chak ; d 1 ( j"v.), Gambat. 



This Genus replaces Gunomys in the North. The present is the most 

 southern species, others are found throughout Central Asia and Persia, 

 extending to Trauscaspia, Palestine and Upper Egypt. It is for the most 

 part more brightly coloured than Gunonit/s and has la markedly shorter tail . 

 The mammary formula is 2-2=8 while Gunomys is multimammate. 



" Common in the cultivated lands on the banks of the Indus this rat is 

 very fond of water to which it takes quite readily. In some years the 

 mole rats become a great pest in Sind and do a deal of damage to the 

 crops."— S. H. P. 



(34) GoLUNDA ELLioTi WATSONi, Blanf. 

 The Northern Indian Buah Rat. 



( Synonymy in No. 12,) 



$ 3, Jacobabad ; c? 2, ? 3, in al. 1, Sukkur ; $ 1, in al. 2 {fcatus ), 

 (5 2, $ 1, Naundero. 



{See also Reports 3 and 10 (under the name G. ellioti). 



(3o) ACANTHION LEUCUKUS CUNEIC'EI'S, Wr. 



The Rajputana Porcupine. 



SI, $1, Merpur; c?l, $ 3, in al. 1 ; J 4, $ 2, Mirwah. 

 ( See also Report No. 3.) 



Mr. Thomas who kindly examined these Porcupines for me has given me 

 the following note :— " The Sind Porcupines may be assigned to the sub- 

 species cuneiceps described on an example from Cutch. Its chief character 

 is its smaller size, the peculiar unswoUen shape of the type skull proving 

 not to be constant. It also averages lighter in colour as the white on the 

 spines is more extended. : p 



It may be noted that, although Dr. Lyon (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. XXXI, 

 p. 575 ), only refers the Malayan Porcupines to the Genus Acanthion, the 

 Indian species leucurus is certainly assignable to the same genus and 

 equally differs from the typical Ilystrix of S. Europe and Africa." 



" These are common in cultivated lands and are responsible for a deal 

 of the damage done to crops. The stomach of the porcupine is greatly 

 valued by Sindis as a febrifuge. It is removed from the animal and 

 dried in the sun. The quills are also said to possess medicinal properties." — 

 S. H. P. 



(36) Lepus dayanus, Blanf. 



The Sind Hare. 



( Synonymy in No, 3.) 

 (S 'o, 2 1, Jacobabad ; S 2 Kashmer ; cJ 2, 1 (not sexed) , 

 Chak; S 1, Gari Yasin ; '$ 1, Gotgi ; $ 3, Mirpur ; c?2, 

 Sukkur ; <S 2, Gambat ; Skulls only 4, Naundero. 



