450 MB. O. THOMAS ON MAMMALS FEOM OMAN. [Maj 1, 



6. HiSKPESTES ALBICAUDA, G. CuV. 



a. Ad. sk. Khode. 6/1 1/92. 



b. Imm. al. ? . Eui, near Muscat. 26/10/91. 



c. d. 2 ad. sks. Muscat. 1888. 

 e. Ad. al. J • Muscat. 1889. 



7. Canis PALLiPEs, (Sykes. 



a. Ad. sk. Muscat. 1891. 



If I am right in referring this skin to 0. i^o-Hipes, the present 

 example shows a great extension of the western range of the species, 

 as it has been hitherto only recorded from India. The specimen is, 

 however, barely adult, so that proper comparison is rather difficult ; 

 but its skull agrees \evj fairly ^^•it]l that of a Karachi specimen, and 

 there is little inherent improbability of the Indian Wolf occurring 

 as far west as Muscat. 



8. VULPES LEUCOPUS, Bly. 



a. Ad. sk, Muscat. 



6, c. Adult in spirit, and a separate head. Muscat. 1885. 



[cZ, e. Ad. sks. 6 $ • Muscat. Col. Miles, 1877.] 



9. G-ERBILLUS (DiPODILLUS) DASTURUS, Wagll. 



a. Ad. al. S . Grobia, on the coast 10 miles N.W. of Muscat. 



b. Ad. al. Muscat. 1887. 



The type of this species was sent over by the authorities oE the 

 Munich Museum at the request of Dr. Anderson, and I had then 

 the opportunity of examining it. These Muscat specimens are 

 undoubtedly conspecific with it, while their similarity to (/. nanus, 

 Blanf., reuders it probable that the latter will prove to be 

 synonymous with G. dasi/urus. The typical G. nanus is,boweA'er, 

 a somewhat smaller animal than these are. 



10. MUS BATTDS, L. 



a-c. Khode. 6/11/92. 



d-f. Miti, Wadi Bani Euha, foot of Jebel Akhdar. 11/91. 



Specimens a-c, which are marked as "Tree Rats" by Dr. Jayakar, 

 are brown, while d-f are bright rufous, and seem to closely corre- 

 spond to the Indian M. rattus rufescens, Gray. All have pure white 

 belhes. 



11. LePUS 03IANENS1S, Sp. n. 



a. Ad. sk. 2 . Ziki, in Oman Proper. 26/10/92. Tyj^e. 



b, c. 2 ad. al. Ziki. 26/10/92. 



Size remarkably small, smaller than in any other Old-World 

 Hare, except the abnormal L. netscheri of Sumatra. Form 

 exceedingly slender and delicate ; head small, ears long, limbs 

 very long and thin. General colour dull greyish brown, not far 

 from, but a little yellower than, Eidgway's " hair-brown " ; the 



