MAMMALS OP THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 27 



Genus CHROTOMYS Thomas. 



1895. Chrotomys Thomas, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., VI, 16, 161. 



Type.— Chrotomys wliiteheadi Thomas. 



About the size of the common rat, with much shorter tail. 



Back prominently marked with one buff and two blackish 



stripes, extending from between eyes to rump. Head and body, 



196 millimeters; tail, 111; hind foot, 35. 



Chrotomys whitehead! Thomas. 



1895. Chrotomys wliiteheadi Thomas, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., VI, 

 16, 161. 

 Tyve locality. — Highlands of northern Luzon. Luzon (Tho- 

 mas). 



Genus RHYNCHOMYS Thomas. 



1895. Rhynchomys Thomas, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., VI, 16, 160. 

 Type. — Rhynchomys soricoides Thomas. 



Size of common rat; fur thick, close, and velvety; muzzle 

 greatly elongated; tail shorter than head and body, rat-like, 

 scaly and thinly-haired; general color dark olivaceous-gray, ex- 

 treme tip of tail usually white. Teeth very small; molars 2/2. 



Rhynchomys soricoides Thomas. 



1895. Rhynchomys soricoides Thomas, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., VI, 

 16, 160. 



Type locality. — Highlands of northern Luzon. Luzon (Tho- 

 mas). 



Genus PHLCEOMYS Waterhouse. 



1839. Phlaomys Waterhouse, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 7, 108. Type. — 

 Mus cumingi Waterhouse. 



Size large (head and body about 440 millimeters; tail about 

 350). Muzzle blunt; ears hairy externally; tail thickly haired. 

 Incisor teeth very broad. Colors black, or black and white. 



Phlosomys cumlngi (Waterhouse). 



1839. Mus (Phlaeomys) cumingi Waterhouse, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lon- 

 don, 7, 108. 

 1843. Phlxomys cumingi GRAY, List. Mamm. British Mus., 115. 

 1895. ? Phlxomys albayensis Elera, Cat. Sist. Fauna Filip., 1, 21. 

 (Nom,en nudum.) 



Type locality. — Luzon. Luzon (Waterhouse) ; Marinduque 

 (Steere) ; Mindoro (Trouessart) . 



Phloeomys pallidus Nehring. 



1890. Phlosomys pallidus Nehring, Sitz.-ber. Ges. Nat. Freunde Berlin, 

 No. 6, 106, June 17. 



Type locality. — Luzon. Luzon (Thomas) ; Marinduque (Tho- 

 mas). 



