MAMMALIA. 
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consists in almost equal proportions of fine short underfur, 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 Nesohia blythiana and N. barclayana. 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 PI. X a. The sex is not marked on the specimen, but I feel 
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 ..... 
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, Nesotcia blythiana is chiefly found in Be 
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 Nesohia 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. Nesohia blythiana abounds in 
gardens in Bengal and is frequently found in houses, although it is essentially a burrower, 
living in holes in the ground. 
Metre, 
Inches. 
. -0465 
1-83 
. *027 
1-08 
. -017 
0-67 
. -006 
0-25 
. *0075 
0 30 
. -0135 
0*53 
. *016 
0-63 
. -025 
1-00 
. *0105 
0-43 
. -015 
0-60 
. -009 
0-38 
. -0045 
048 
. -031 
1*25 
. '018 
0-72 
. -008 
0-33 
Bengal, although some 
i is found 
in the North- 
So far as I am aware, 
34 Nesokia scullyi. PI. Villa; PI. la, fig. 2. 
Wood-Mason, P. A. S. B., 1876, p. 80. 
Mug hi, Turk'i. 
General colouration above, light rufescent brown or fawn colour; below, dirty white. 
Fur very fine and silky, blackish-grev at the base, and for two-thirds of its length above, the 
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