96 MAMMALIA 



Rhizomys dekan, Sckinz Synops. Mamm., ii, p. 123, (1845) [pt.] ; JenUnk 

 Notes Leyd.Mus., xi, p. 28. 



DistrihuHon. — The Malay peninsula and Sumatra (Jentink) ; 

 there is no record of its occurrance in Tenasserim ; the species 

 occurring there being R. erythrogenys. 



Rhizomys erythrogenys. 



Rhizomys erythrogenys, Anderson P. A. S.B., p. 148 (1877) ; id. Anat. Zool. 

 Res., p. 324, pi. xiii a ; id. J. Linn. Soc, xxi, p. 341 . 



Red-cheeked Bamboo Rat ; Pwai of Tenasserim. 



Distribution. — Shan States of Upper Burma and Mergui. 



This species resembles R. sumatrensis, from which it is distin- 

 guished by its red cheeks, the dark occipital line extending forwards 

 to between the eyes, and the absence of any trace of the white mark 

 characteristic of the young and adolescent R. sumatrensis ; the 

 skull is intermediate in character between R. sumatrensis and R. 

 badius. 



a. Skin in bad') 



condition ' Salween Hill Tracts Zoological Gardens, 



and skele- C (A. H. Hildebrand) 

 ton. J 



b. Stuffed Tenasserim S. R. Tickell, A. S B. 



[Co-types of R. erythrogenys, Anderson.] 



c-d. 2Skins,^juv. Mergui, 1-82 J.Anderson. 



2 skele- $ juv. 

 tons. 

 e. Ale, skull juv, Mergui J.Anderson. 



Rhizomys pruinosus. 



Rhizomys pruinosus, Blyih ^. A, S. B., xx, p. 519 (1851) ; id. Cat. no. 401, 

 p. 122 ; id. y. A. S, B., xliv, Burma List, p. 41 ; Anderson Anat. Zool. 

 Res., p. 325, pis. xiii, xvi. 



Bamboo Rat. 



Distribution. — This species is found in the Kashia and Naga 

 hills of Assam, whence it extends through the Munipur hills to the 



