3©4 
J3 2 . Orien¬ 
tal. 
R A T. 
tlie draws of Handing com ; it is of a round ihape, 
and compofed of blades of com : brings about eight 
young at a time. 
Mus orientalis. Seb.Muf.il. 22. M. cauda longa^ ftriis corpori# 
tab. xxi. fig-2. _ longitudinalibua efcpunctis albis. 
M. cauda mediocrimbnuda, pal- Muf. Ad. Fred. 10. 
mis tetradadylis, piantis penta- Mus cauda longa, rufus, linei* 
dadylis, corporis llriis pundatis. in dorfo albicantibus, margari- 
Lin.Jyfi.%, 4. taruiii aemulis. Bnjfin quad. 124. 
R. with round naked ears: of a grey color : the 
back and iides elegantly marked with twelve rows, 
of fmall pearl-colored fpots, extending from the 
head to the rump : tail the length of the body: in 
fize, half that of a common moufe. 
Inhabits India . In the fame country and in Gui¬ 
nea is another very fmall fpecies, which fmells of 
mufk. The Portuguefe living in India call it Che- 
rofo , and fay its bite is venomous. Boullaye la 
Gouz . 256. Burbot's Guinea^ 214. 
