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MAMMALIA. 



Mus kakhyensis, Anderson Anat. Zool. Res., p. 307 (1878). 

 Mus viculorum, Anderion Anat. Zool. Res., p 308 (1878). 



Distribution. — The whole of India and Ceylon, except in Sind 

 and the Punjab, where it is replaced by the next species, Mua 

 bactrianus; it extends into the Himalayas and over Assam, Cachar, 

 Burma, the Andamans and Nicobars ; Thomas also gives Malacca. 



This species is very doubtfully distinct from the almost univer- 

 sally distributed Mus musculus ; it has however been treated by 

 Thomas (/.c.) as a distinct species, and it has accordingly been 

 left so for the present ; Blyth states that Mus musculus has larger 

 ears, smaller eyes, and broader paws, and the tail one-fourth 

 shorter ; none of these differences seem to hold good for a large 

 number of specimens. 



$ $ juv. eutta. 

 Ale. $ Kututangra(on cocoanut Mus, Coll. 



trees), Calcutta. 



