MUS. 75 



Mus cervicolor. 



Mus cervicolor, Hodgson Ann. Mag. N. H., xv, p. 268 (184S) ; Gray 



Cat. Hodgs. Coll., 1st ed., p. 19; Jerdon Mamm.,-g. 206, {^pi."]; Thomas 



P. Z. S., 1881, p. 547 ; id. P. Z. S., 1886, p. 65. 

 Mus strophiatus, Hodgson Ann, Mag. N. H., xv, p. 268 (184S) | Blyth 



y. A. S. B , xxxii, p. 349; id. y. A. S. B., xxxiv, p. 193. 

 M us cunicularis, Blyth J. A. S. B., xxiv, p, 721 (1855) ; id. J. A. S. B., 



xxxii, p. 348 ; id. Cat. no. 384, p. 119. 



Distribution. — Nepal and the Eastern Himalayas, extending 

 through Assam and Munipur. 



There does not seem to be any true distinction between this 

 species and Leggada buduga; Thomas (/. c.) allows that they are 

 nearly allied but asserts that they can be distinguished by the 

 length of their ears ; this distinction does not seem to hold good 

 when measurements of many individuals are taken. As this cata- 

 logue has been founded on Thomas' monograph on the Indian Mice, 

 the two species have been kept apart, being merely distinguished 

 by their geographical origin. 



a-c. 3 Ale, I sliuU Khasia Hills F. Skipwith (1855), A.S.B, 



[Types of Mus cunicularis, Blyth.] 



d-e. 2 Ale, 1 skull Garo Hills N. Belletty (1870). 



9 



/. Ale, skull Dacca N. Belletty (1870). 



$ 

 g-h. 2 Ale,. 2 Cachar Mus Coll. 



skulls g 9 

 j. Ale, skull S Narainpur, Assam H. H. Godwin Austen. 



juv. 

 k. Ale, skull $ Hailakandi, Cachar C. H. Dreyer. 



juv. 



Mus arianus. 



Mus sylvaticus, apud Filippi Viaggio Persia, p. 344 (1865). 



Mus erythronotus, Blanford Ann. Mag- N. H, (4) xvi, p. 311 (1875); 



id. Persia, p. 54, pi. v, fig 3 ; id. Yarkand Mammals, p. 54 ; id. J. A. S. B,, 



xlviii, p. 97 [nee. Temminck'\. 

 Mus arianus, 5/a«/or<Z Ann. Mag. N. H. (s), vii, p. 162 (1881); Scully 



P. Z. S., 1881, p. 205 ; Thomas P. Z. S., iSSl, p. 548; Buchner Wiss. 



Result. Przewalski Reisen, Rodentia, p. 90. 



Distribution — Northern Persia, Gilgit, and the Pamir, extending 

 to ihe Thian Shan (Przewalsky). 



This species is closely allied to Mus sylvaticus which it seems to 

 replace in Asia ; the distinctions between the two species are 

 clearly pointed out by Thomas {I.e.) and the persistance of 

 these differences seem to be confirmed by the examination of the 

 specimens in the Indian Museum. 



