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4. Rattus nitidus, Hodgson. 
1845. Mus nitidus, Hodgson. Ann. Mag. N. H. xv, p. 267 (Nepal.) 
1849. Mus cequicaudalis, Hodgson. Ib. (2) iii, p. 203 (Darjiling) 
1881. Mus alexandrinus var nitidus (in part), Thomas. P. Z. S. 
1881, p. 533. 
1891. Mus rattus var nitidus (in part), Blanford. Mammalia, p. 407. 
1914. Epimijs nitidus, Wroughton. J. B. N. H. S. xxiii, p. 296 ; 
xxiv, p. 489. 
1196. Rattus nitidus, Wroughton, Ih., xxiv, p. 782 ; Hinton, lb., 
xxvi, p. 412. 
Material examined : — Ferping, 5 1 ; Thankot, ^ 1 ; Changoo cJ 1, $ 1. 
The following are the external measurements of the more important 
specimens ; — 
No. 
Head and 
Body. 
Tail. 
Hindfoot. 
Ear. 
272 
^ Thankot 
160 
184 
36 
23 
345 
2 Changoo 
160 
34 
23 
This rat is apparently rare in Nepal, only four specimens of the 
long series of house rats collected by Baptista being referable to it. 
These specimens are important since they confirm the identifications 
of the material collected by the Mammal Survey in Kumaon and 
Sikkim with Hodgson’s species. Measurements supplementing those 
given in my earlier paper are included in the Tables at pp. 1065-1066. 
The skull measurements and proportions recorded in the following 
table correspond with and supplement those given m my earlier paper 
(J. B. N. H. S. xxvi, pp. 716 and 910). 
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