MADRAS JOURNAL 



OF 



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LITERATURE AND SCIENCE. 



No. 25— October 1839. 



Mahraita Country ; with their Synonymes in the Native Languages in 

 use there.— By Walter Elliot, Esq. 



( Concluded from No. 24, page 108J 

 ^ Mus, 



The different Indian species of this family have hitherto been classed 

 under three groups, Mus — Arvicola — Gerbillus, 

 The species described are — 



Mus Giganteus Hardwicke. 



Decumanus Pallas. 



~- — Rattus Lin. 



• Platy thrice Sykes. 



Oieraceus Sykes. 



- — M u sc ulus , Lin. 



Arvicola Indica. Gray and Hardwicke. 



Gerbillus Indicus Hardwicke. 



None of these, however,except the species common to Europe, seem to 

 have received more than a general description of their outward form, 

 and accordingly, on looking closer into the details of their structure, and 

 particularly to the character of their teeth, a different disposition seems 

 necessary. Of Arvicola there is no example ; the species characterised 

 by Gray having molars with flat coronals, and strong radicles, in this 

 respect assimilating with the sub-genus Neotoma, established by Messrs. 

 Say and Ord inihe Philadelphia Journal. 



I. — A Catalogue of the Species of Mammalia found in the Southern 



