610 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL MLST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXI 1. 



Gtjnomys kok, Gray. 

 The Southern Mole-Rat. 



(Synonymy in No. 1.) 



1 $ . Wotekolli, S. Coorg. 



2 S S ; 1 $, 2 in al. Makut, S. Coorg. 

 1 d" ; 1$. Virajpet, S. Coorg. 



4 c? c? ; 4 $ $ . Srimangala, S. Coorg. 



{See also Reports Nos. 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 and 10.) 



Dark-grey brown slightly speckled with buif ; paler on the underside. 

 Ta Ipractically bare; head and body 6f inches, tail 5 inches, weight 5| 

 ounces. Easily distinguished from JEjnmt/s rufescens by its much shorter tail. 



" Plentiful both in thick jungle (deciduous and evergreen) and around 

 cultivation. In rubber estates Gunomys is very destructive to the young 

 trees. During the first few years of their growth rubber trees have tuberous 

 roots, which these rats attack ; numbers of half-grown trees are killed in 

 this way, the trees wither and eventually fall. Owing to their subterranean 

 habits mole rats are very difficult to exterminate." — G. C. S. 



Vernacular name : — " Torda. " 



Bandicota malabarica, Shaw. 



The Malabar Bandicoot. 



(Synonymy in No. 5.) 

 1 d. 3 $ 5, (2650 no skull). Haleri, N. Coorg. 

 1 d, 4 $ $ . Virajpet, S. Coorg. 



1 S , Srimangala, S. Coorg. 



{See also Reports Nos. 5, 6, 7, 9 and 10.) 



A large grey rat with long black-brown hairs on the back ; a rather 

 lighter colour on the underside. Tail thick afid bare. Head and body 

 about 12 inches, tail almost as long ; weight about 2| lbs. 



" Plentiful. Never occurring at any distance from habitations. The 

 presence of bandicoots in a district is very easily discovered on account of 

 the large burrows they make around stables and outhouses." — G. C. S. 



Vernacular name: — Heggana. 



GoLUNDA ELLiOTi, Gray. 

 The Indian Bush-Rat. 

 (Synonymy in No. 1.) 



2 c? d. Wotekolli, S. Coorg. 

 1 5 . Virajpet, S. Coorg. 



1 (no skull), Kuta, S. Coorg. 



{See also Reports Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7.) 



General colour greenish-brown with black and yellow speckles ; rather 

 lighter on the undersurface. Hair dark-grey at the base ; tail dark above 

 and pale on underside. Head and body 5 inches, tail 4 inches. 



" Probably plentiful. Golunda is said to have been at times a great pest 

 in Ceylon, where it is known as the Coffee rat. In Coorg, although occur- 

 ring in Coffee plantations, where they without doubt feed on the ripe berries, 

 they do not appear to be sufficiently numerous to do an appreciable amount 

 of damage. The Indian Bush-Rat is diurnal and may often be seen or 

 heard among lantana thickets or other undergrowth-making a rustling 

 sound like a lizard as it moves about." — G. C. S. 



Vernacular name : — Koola, 



