MAMMALIA. 



49 



consists in almost equal proportions of fine short unclerfur, and long coarse grooved piles, some 

 dull yellow, the others, including nearly all the longest, very dark-brown. These piles are 

 especially long on the hinder part of the back, where some are as much as 2 inches in length. 

 All the terminal portion of the longest piles is rounded, but they are more or less flattened 

 beyond the extremities of the short underfur. The feet are well clad above with short 

 coarse hair, the tail has short bristles between the scales. The ears appear to have been 

 thinly clad. 



The skull differs very little from those of some Calcutta specimens of N. blythiana. 

 The long anterior palatine foramina are still narrower, and more slit-like posteriorly, the 

 palate between the molars is narrower and the upper surface of the skull rather more arched, 

 but the differences are very small. The fur is much longer than in the Bengal rat, but this 

 may merely be the result of inhabiting a colder climate. 



It is impossible to give any trustworthy dimensions from dried skins ; the tail appears 

 unusually short, but the vertebrae are not preserved. The size is apparently the same as that 

 of Nesokia blythiana and N. barelayana. The skull agrees best with the latter, and to this 

 species the Kashmir form is referred by Dr. Anderson. The following are dimensions 

 of the adult skull figured in PL X a. The sex is not marked on the specimen, but I feel 

 very little doubt, after examining the skin, that the animal was a male. 



Length from occipital plane to end of premaxillaries 

 Breadth across zygomatic arches ....... 



Do. of brain pan behind posterior termination of zygomata . 



Do. of frontal region where narrowest between orbits . 



Do. of muzzle . 



Length of suture between nasals ........ - 0135 



Height of skull above second molar (teeth not measured) . ... 



Length of bony palate behind incisor teeth to opening of posterior nares 

 Length of anterior palatine foramina 

 Distance from anterior upper molar to incisor 

 Length of row of upper molars at insertion in jaw 

 Breadth of palate between anterior upper molars 

 Length of mandible from condyle to symphysis 

 Height to coronoid process .... 



Length of row of lower molars 



According to Dr. Anderson, Nesokia blythiana is chiefly found in Bengal, although some 

 specimens are recorded from the North-West Provinces. N. barclayana is found in the North- 

 West Provinces, Northern Central India and Sind, besides Kashmir. So far as I am aware, 

 this form of Nesokia is only found in the damper parts of Sind close to the coast. 



The specimens brought from Srinagar comprise three adults marked as obtained in houses, 

 and two young specimens procured from holes in fields. Nesokia blythiana abounds in 

 gardens in Bengal and is frequently found in houses, although it is essentially a burrower, 

 living in holes in the ground. 



34. Nesokia scullyi. PI. VIII a ; PI. X a, fig. 2. 



Wood-Mason, P. A. S. B., 1876, p. 80. 

 Mughi, Turki. 



General colouration above, light rufescent brown or fawn colour ; below, dirty white. 

 Fur very fine and silky, blackish-grey at the base, and for two-thirds of its length above, the 



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