1907.] 



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Mus firmus, Mill., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sei. Philad., 1902, p. 155. lyinga Island. 

 Mus stoicus, Mill., Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, p. 759 (1902). . Henry Laurence Is- 

 land, Andamans. 

 Mus taciturnus, Mill., Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, p. 762 (1902). S. Andaman Island. 



Kina Balu. Borneo. 



INFRALUTEUS GROUP. 



Mus in/raluteus, Thos., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6), ii, p. 409 . . 

 (1888). 



RATTUS GROUP. 



Subgroup Rufescens. 



Musrufescens, Gray, Charlesw. Mag. Nat. Hist., i, p. 585 (1837). 



[Mus flavescensY Elliot, Madr. Journ., x, p. 214 (1839) 



[Mus brunneusculus],^ Hodgs., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., xv, p. . . 



267 (1845). 

 [Mus tetragonurus],'- Kelaart, Prodromus (1850) 

 [Mus nemoralis],^ Blyth, J. A. S. B., xx, p. 168 (1851) 

 [Mus robusttdus],^ Blyth, J. A. S. B., xxviii, p. 294 (1859) • • 

 Mus andamanensis , Blyth, J. A. S. B., xxix, 103 (i860) 

 Mus flavipectus, M. Edw., Nouv. Arch. Mus., vii, p. 93 (1871). 

 [Mus sladeni],'^ Anders., Zool. Res. Yunnan, p. 305 (1879) 

 [Mus yunnanensis],^ Anders., Res. Yunnan, p. 306 (1879) 

 Mus vicerex, Bonhote, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), xi, p. 473 . . 



(1903). 



Subgroup Pyctoris. 



(The nitidus group of Thomas, Sclater, and other 



[Mus pyctoris],^ Hodgs., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., xv, p. 267 



(1845). 

 [Mus equicaudalis],^ Kodgs., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (2), iii, p. 



203 (1849). 



Mus rubricosa, Anders., Zool. Res. Yunnan, p. 306 (1879) 



Mus neglectus, Jentink, Notes Leyden Mus., 1879, p. 14 



Mus tiomanicus, Mill., Proc. Wash. Acad. Sei., iii, p. 209 (1900). 



Mus jalorensis, Bonhote, Fasciculi Malayensis, i, p. 29 



Subgroup Griseiventer. 



[Mus indicus],^ Desm. (nee. Bechst), Mamm., ii, p. 299 (1822). 

 [Mus asiaticus],^ Gray, Charlesworth's Mag. Nat. Hist., i, p. 



585 (1837)- 



1 When a name is enclosed in brackets either it was reduced to a mere synonym by Thomas twenty years 

 ago or else there is no satisfactory description corresponding to the name. 



* Signifies that Mr. W, L. Sclater, after examining the type in the Indian Museum, agreed with Thomas in 

 making it a mere synonym of Mus rathis rufescens. 



India. 



Madras. 



Nepal. 



Ceylon. 



Ceylon. 



Tenasserim. 



Andamans. 



Moupin, China. 



Yunnan. 



Yunnan. 



Simla. 



authors.) 

 Nepal. 



Nepal. 



Yunnan. 

 Borneo. 



Tioman Island. 

 Jalor.- 



Pondicherry. 

 India. 



