1900.] MAMMALS OP SIAM AND THE MALAY PENINSULA. 337 



Family Eeinaceid^;. 



55. Gymnuba eafplesi Vig. & Horsf. Eaffles's Gymnura. 



Gymnura rafflesi, Cantor, p. 20 ; Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamra 

 p. 220, fig. 57. 



" Tikus anibang bulan " of the Malays (apud Eafiles). 



" Manduk " of the Malays of Selangor, according to A. L. Butler. 



" In a district not distant from Malacca, the animal is said to 

 be numerous, though not to be seen in other localities " (Cantor). 

 In the Museum at Taiping there is a stuffed specimen from Tapah, 

 Perak, and there are two specimens from Kuala Lumpor in the 

 Museum at that place. 



Distribution. Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula (Perak, Selangor, 

 Malacca), Sumatra, Borneo. 



56. Gymnttea suilla (Mull. & Schleg.). The Smaller Gymnura. 



Distribution. " Burma, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Java." 

 (Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 222.) 



Family Sobecida 



57. Ceociduba mueina (Linn.). The Brown Musk-Shrew. 



Sorex murinus, Cantor, p. 21. 



Crocidura murina, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 233. 



" Chinchorot " of the Malays of the Peninsula (apud Cantor). 



" Nu-pee " or " Nu-ring" of the Siamese. 



Cantor records this species from Penang and says : " The smell 

 of musk, emitted by the adult animal, and which in the young is 

 barely perceptible, is much less intense than that of the Bengal 

 Musk-Shrew." O. Thomas (P.Z. S. 1886, p. 73) records a speci- 

 men from Singapore. Ridley (Nat. Science, vol. vi. 1895, p. 29) 

 says the Musk-Shrew " is most abundant in gardens and near 

 houses, and often perfumes the lower part of the house with its 

 strong musky smell." Hanitsch (Rep. Raffles Libr. & Mus. 1897, 

 p. 11) mentions specimens in the Museum at Singapore from 

 Singapore and Pahang. In the Siamese Museum there is one 

 specimen, in spirit, from Bangkok. 



Distribution. South-east Asia, in suitable localities. 



58. Ceocidtjea c^ibulea (Kerr). The Grey Musk-Shrew. 

 Crocidura ccerulea, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 236. 



This so-called " Musk- Rat " is common in houses in Georgetown, 

 Penang, and in Tanglin, Singapore; in both localities I have 

 frequently caught individuals in rat-traps baited with toast. 



Colour (a Penang specimen) bluish grey, paler below, hairs of 

 back with slightly ferruginous brown tips. Skin of snout and 

 feet flesh-coloured. Hair on backs of hands and feet white. 



Distribution. South-east Asia, in suitable localities. 



N.B. — A large Musk-Shrew occurs on the mainland of the 

 Peninsula ; I have seen specimens both in Kedah and in Taiping, 

 Perak, but cannot say whether the species is C, murina or C. ccerulea. 



