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105. Mus rattus alexandrinus Geoff. 



Mus alexandrinus, Geoffroy, Descr. de l'Egypte, Mamm., 18 18, 

 P- 733» pl- v j fig- 1 > Thomas, P. Z. S., 188 1, p. 533; Miller et Rehn, 

 Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xxx, no. 1, 1901, p. 65 ; Mearns, Smith. 

 Inst. U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 56, p. 366 (1907). 



Mus rattus alexandrinus, Blanford, Fauna Brit. Ind. Mamm., p. 406 

 (1888—91). 



NOM. Jap. Ezibuto-nezumi. NOM. Ang. Roof-rat, Whitebellied 

 rat or South-European rat. 

 DlST. Cosmopolitan. 



108. Mus rattus rufescens Gray. 



Mus rufescefis, Gray, Charlesworth's Mag. N. H., i, p. 585 (1837) '■> 

 Blyth, J. A. S. B., xxxii, pp. 338 — 344 ; Jerdon, Mamm., pp. 194, 197 — 

 201 ; Bonhote, Novit. Zool., ix, p. 627 (1902). 



Mus rattus rufescens, Thomas, P. Z. S., 1 88 1, pp. 57, 71. 



Nom. Jap. Indo-nezumi. Nom. Ang. Common Indian rat. 



DlST. Indian Peninsula, Ceylon, Burma (Blanford) ; Liökiü 

 (Bonhote). 



107. Mus tanezumi Temm. 



Mus tanezumi, Temminck, Fauna Japonica, Mamm., p. 51 (1845) ; 

 Thomas, P. Z. S., 1905, ii, p. 348. 

 Nom. Jap. Ta-nezumi. 

 DlST. N. Hondo (Thomas). 



Gen. Bandicofa Gray. 



Bandicota, Gray, Ann. Mag. N. H., (4), xii, p. 418 (1873) ; 

 Thomas, ibid., (7), xx, p. 203 (1907). 



