MUS. 71 



■Dis/rtbulion. — Southern India, Cuddapah district and Sheva- 

 roy hills. 



a-4. 2 Skins, Shevaroy hills, Mdr. W.Daly. 



2 skuUs. 



Mus berdmorei. 



Mus het&Ktorf:\, Slyih J. A. S. B., xx, p. 173.(1851); id. J. ^. 5. S,' 

 xxxii, p. 343 ; Thomas P. Z. S., 1886, p. 62. - 



Dtstribution. — Munipur and Mergui. 



This species was first described by Blyth from a single speci- 

 Tuen from Mergui ; but he afterwards merged the species with his 

 Mus robustulus which is doubtless the same as Mus rattus 

 lufescens ; Thomas {supra) has resurrected Blyth's old name for 

 a peculiar rat forming part of the Hume Munipur Collection, 

 which rat, according to Thomas, agrees remarkably with the ori- 

 ginal description of Blyth. 



The skull, which is still in the collection, agrees with Thomas' 

 description of the skull of the Munipur specimen, .the flat skin has 

 xmfortunately dissappeared. 



This rat is allied to Mus blanfordi and to Mus confucianus of 

 Milne Edwards, from China, all of which are distinguished lay their 

 parti-coloured tails with the terminal half white. 



■a. Skull Mergui Major Berdmore. 



[Type of Mus berdmorei of Blyth.] 



Mus urbanus. 



Mus muscnlus, apud Ulliot Madr. Journ., x, p. 214 (1839) ; Cantor 



J. A. S. B., XV, p. 254 

 Mus nipalensis, Hodgson J A. S. B., x, p. 915 (1841) {sine descr.^ ; Gray 



Cat. Hodgs. Coll., ist ed., p. 19. 

 Mus dubius, Hodgson J. A, S. B., x, p. 915 (184O [«'«« descr.]; Gray Cat. 



Hodgs. Coll., ist ed., p. 19; Hodgson Ann. Mag. N. H., xv, p. 268; 



Horsfieid Cat. E. I., Mus., p. I43. 

 Mus manei. Gray List Mamm., B. M., p. in (1843I [sine descr,^ ; Blyth 



J. A.S. 3., XX, p. 172; Kelaart Prodr. Faun. Zeylan^ p. 64. 

 Mus urbanus, Hodgson, Ann. Mag. N. H., xv, p. 269 (184s) ; Blyth 



J. A. S. B., xxxii, p. 34S; id. Cat. no. 380, p. 1 18 ; 'Gray Cat. Hodgs. Coll. 



and ed., p. 10 ; Jerdon Mamm., p. 203 ; Stolickza J. A. S. B., xli, p. 228.; 



Thomas P. Z. S., 1881, p. S44 ; Murray Zool Sind. p. 46. 

 Mus homoaius, Hodgson Ann. Mag. N. H, xv, p. 268 (1845); Blyth 



J. A. S. B., xxviii, p. 295 ; id. J. A. S. B., xxxii, p. 346 ; id. Cat. no. 379, 



p. 118; jferdon Mamm., p. 20^. , > •. 



Mus darieelingensis, Hodgson Ann. Mag. N. H. (2) ni, p. 203 (i«49) 



\,sine descr. 1 ; Horsfieid Cat. E. I. Mus. p. I43 ; ^^yth J- ^. S. B., xxxu, 



p. 348 ; id. y A. S. B., xxxiv, p. I93 i 5ferdon Mamm., p. 205. 

 Mus tytleri, Blyth J. A. S. B., xxviii, p. 296 (1859) ; id. J. A. S. B., xxxii, 



p. 346; ferdon Mamm., p. 205- 

 Mus rama, Cantor a:pud Blyth J. A. S.B., xxxiv, p. 194 11865). 



