FASCICULI MALATENSES 
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(0 Subgroup Griseiventer 
Larger, Hairs short and dose. General colour much more uniform. Under parts grey 
or yellowish-grey. Tail longer than head and body. Hind foot very large ; ear small. 
Average measurements Head and body, 155 mm. ; Tail, 177 mm. ; Hind feet, 35 mm. ; 
Ear, 19 mm. A house rat. 
CHRYSOCOMUS GROUP 
Small rats, of a dull uniform colour; tail short, not exceeding the head and body in length. 
They may most easily be recognized by their very soft, sooty fur. 
I have endeavoured, as far as possible, in the following lists, to assign 
each name to a group, but, in some instances, this has been found impossible, 
and in others there has been only a very scanty description to go upon, A 
group has not always been called after the name of the oldest species it contains, 
but rather after a species which is fully described and can be easily identified. 
JERDONI GROUP 
Subgroup Edwards! 
Mus cdwardsi, Thos . P.Z.S. 1882, p. 587. 
Mus siponmus, Thos. Ann, Mus, Civ. Genoa t xxxiv, p. n (1895). 
Mus ciliatus, Bonhote^ P.Z.S. 1900, p. 879, 
W. Fokien, China, 
Isle of Sipora, Sumatra. 
Gunung Inas, Perak. 
Subgroup Sabanus 
Mus sabanus, Thos. Ann. Mag, Nat. Hist , (5) xx, p. 270 {1887), 
Mus vociferans, Mill. Pm. Biol Sec. Wash, xiii, p, 138 (1900). 
Mus lnncavcnsis, Mill. Pm, Biol, Sec. Wash, xiii, p. 188 (1900). 
Mus strepitans. Mill. Pm. Wash. Acad. Sci. ii, p. 207 (1900). 
Mus fremen s, Mill. Pm. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phi lad. 1 902, p. 154. 
Kina Balu, Borneo, 
Trang, Lower Siam. 
Pulau Lankawi, S. China Sea. 
Anambas Island. 
Sinkep Island. 
Subgroup Jordoni 
Mus pel lax, Mill Pm. Biol. Sec. Wash, xiii, p. 147 (1900), 
Mus fulvescens, Gray , Cat. Hedgs. Coll. t p. 18 (1846). 
Mus caudatior, Hodgs. Ann, Mag . Nat. Hist. (2) iit, p. 203 (1849). 
Mus jerdoni, B/yth f J.A.S.B, xxxii, p. 350 (1863), 
Mus coxingi, Stvinhot, P.Z.S, 1864, p. 185, 
Mus rapit, Bonhote, Ann. Mag, Nat. Hist. { 7) xi, p, 123 (1903). 
Trang, Lower Siam, 
Nepal. 
Nepal. 
Sikkim. 
Formosa. 
Kina Balu, Borneo, 
Subgroup Niveiventer 
Mus bukit, Benhote , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) xi, p. 125 {1903). 
Mus niveiventer, Hodgs, J.A.S.B.V. p. 234 (1836). 
Mus confucianus, M. Edw. Nouv. Arch . Mus, vii, p. 93 (1871), 
Jalor, Malay Peninsula. 
Nepal. 
Moupia, China, 
Subgroup Rajah 
Mus rajah, Thos. Ann. Mag . Nat. Hist . (6) xiv, p. 45] (1894). 
Mus helhvaldi, Jentink t Notts Leyden Mus . p. 11 (1878). 
Mus anambae, Mill. Proc. Wash. Acad. Set . ii, p. 205 (1900). 
Mus lingensis. Mill „ „ „ p. 206 (1900), 
Borneo. 
Celebes. 
Anambas Island. 
Linga Island. 
