SYNOPSIS OP THE " ' 



Inhabits the Coasts of Malabar and Coromandel, and in 

 the Mysore and Bengal. 



The Mus Indicus of M. Geoffrey, Catal. de la Collect, du 

 Mus. appears greatly assimilated to this species. 



575. 2. Mus Javanus (Javanese Mouse.) Fur above 

 red-brown ; end of the legs vs^hite ; tail shorter than the 

 body ; feet not webbed. 



Mus Javanus, Herman, Obs. Zool. 63. Mus Sumatrensis, 

 Raffi. Lin. Trans, xiii. 



Icon. 



Inhabits Java. 



576. 3. M. Caraco (Caraco Rat.) Fur mixed gray and 

 reddish, deeper on the back than on the sides ; paws and \ 

 belly whitish ; tail rather more than half the length of the ] 

 body ; feet semi-palmate ; length about seven inches. |^ 



Mus Caraco, Pallas, Glires, 335. Pennant, Quad. 

 Icon. Pallas, I. c. tab. 23. Ency. Method, t. 67. /. 8. 

 Schreb. t.in. 



Inhabits eastern Siberia. 



577. 4. M. Decumanus (Norway Rat.) Gray-brown 

 above, dirty white underneath; tail nearly as long as the* 

 body; feet of a dirty flesh-colour, not webbed. Body nine ,' 

 inches long. 



Mus Sylvestris and Mus Norvegicus, Brisson, Regn. 

 Anim. 170. c. 173. Mus Decumanus, Pallas, Glires, 91. 

 Mus Griseus, Pen. Syn. Quad. 300. 



Brown Rat, Pen. Quad. 178. Surmulot, Buff. viii. 

 Le Pone, Buff, xv? 



Icon. Schreb. tab. 178. Buff. I. c. tab. 27. Ency. Method, 

 t. 67. /. 9. 



Habitat. Originally Persia or India, but the species now 

 spread to all parts of the civilized world. 



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