MAMMAL SURVEY OF INDIA. 845- 



Europe, Pachyura etncsca, found on the Mediterranean littoral,, 

 and in Africa by P. madagascariensis from Madagascar, P. leucura 

 from Zanzibar, and P. gracilis from South Africa. Curiously all 

 these four species are pigmies, and closely related to the animal 

 which I have here called P. iterrotteti. I have heard it stated that 

 the African species are constantly found in vsdiite ants' nests .. 

 I have a list of no less than 55 names already given to the repre- 

 sentatives of the Pachyura group in India and until a very much 

 larger and more representative collection of specimens is available- 

 for study, but little can be done to sort out this tangle of names. 



The new mouse is most interesting. I have given a description 

 of it on an earlier page. In its coat and some characters of the- 

 skull it closely resembles Leggada jilatythrix, its size however and 

 dentition show it to be a true Mtts. Unfortunately Mr. Crump- 

 only obtained one male specimen, a female specimen, showing the 

 maiamsbvy formula, is a great desideratiim ; it will be most 

 interesting to discover whether in this character this animal is 

 allied to L. fAatytlirix with its 12 mammae, or to Mus with only 10. 



Mr. Crump seems to have had very great difficulty in ti'apping 

 the smaller Rodents. He suggests that the harvest season, and the 

 consequent abundance of food in the fields, may have been the 

 reason. Mr. Crump also writes — " I have before observed that the 

 Jungle Cat is by no means exclusively nocturnal, but in other- 

 places I have not seen them hunting regularly in broad daylight ; 

 and I suggest that this change of tactics on the part of these cats 

 at Hewra is because they feed principally on birds, owing to the- 

 scarcity of rats and mice." 



Mr. Crump has recorded a number of local vernacular names,, 

 but as they are, with one exception, the same as those recorded 

 by Blanford I have not entered them. The name " Bija " given 

 for the lesser Civet must, I think, be a mistake, for it is one very 

 generally used for the Indian Ratel. 



Pkesbytis EjS-xellus, Dufr. 

 The common Langur, 



(Synonymy in No. 1.) 

 664. Hewra, Nimar. 



{See also Reports 1 and 2.) 



