MAMMAL SURVEY OF INDIA. 695 



A small reddish fawn gerbil, pure white below. Head and body nearly 

 4 inches long ; tail abont 5|- inches longer, hairs on terminal end of tail ; 

 hindfoot about 1 inch. Weight about 1 oz. 



" Similar in habits to Dipodilhis nanus and found on the same ground. 

 When dug out this gerbil displaj^s most marvellous agility getting along 

 with a quick succession of leaps, but not rising high off the ground. I spent 

 a great deal of my own time digging for this species and Dipodillus nanus, 

 and though I admit that both are very difficult to find I have no hesitation 

 in saying that they are rare here." — C. A. C. 



Dipodillus nanus, Blanf. 

 TJie little Gerlil. 

 (Synonymy in No. 10.) 

 4 c? d ; 4 $ . 2 in al. Lunwa, Palanpur. 



{See also Report No. 10.) 



A small pale fawn gerbil, white below ; tail very long. Head and body 

 about three inches, tail over four inches long and the same colour as the 

 back with longer darker hairs at the end. Weight about | oz. 



" I have little to add to the notes on specimens obtained at Muli, 

 Kathiawar. Burrows examined here varied in length and design, but are 

 always found in soft sand and never go to any depth below the surface." — 

 C. A. C. 



Tatera indica, Hardw. 

 The Indian Gerlil. 

 (Synonymy in No. 1.) 



6 c? d" ; 9 9 9 • Palanpur, Gujerat. 

 4 d* c5' ; 2 5 9 • Lunwa, Palanpur. 

 2 (5" c? ; 2 5 5 . Deesa, Palanpur. 



1 J ; 1 $ . Mount Abu, Rajputana. 



7 d (5^ ; 3 § $ . Danta, Mahi Kantha, Gujerat. 



{See also Reports Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11.) 



" Found in large numbers near cultivation in Palanpur. Very scarce at 

 4,000 feet altitude at Mount Abu. By no means abundant at Danta." — 

 O.A.C. 



Mekiones hubriann.^, Jerd. 



llie Indian desert Gerbil. 



(Synonymy in No. 3.) 

 ; 14 $ 2 • Palanpur, Gujerat. 



1 $ . Lunwa, Palanpur. 



2 2 . Deesa, Palanpur. 

 7 2 2 . Danta, Mahi Kantha, Gujerat. 



{See also Reports Nos. 3 and 10.) 



A light yellow coloured gerbil, dirty-white on the underside, tail the 

 same colour as back, with longer dark-brown hairs on the terminal end. 

 Head and body about 5 inches, tail nearly as long. Weight about 3j ozs. 



'• In immense numbers wherever there is sand, the country round 

 Palanpur is literally honeycombed with the burrows of this species. It 

 must be partially migratory, for large uninhabited colonies are frequently 

 met with. The food consists of grass and probably roots. With a few 

 exceptions I have noticed that M. Jiurrianncc does not burrow in cultivated 

 areas. Until now, at Danta, I have found this species only on bare 



