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Show 450 MR. O. THOMAS ON MAMMALS FROM OMAN. [May 1, 6. HERPESTES ALBICAUDA, G. CUV. a. Ad. sk. Khode. 6/11/92. b. Imm. al. $ . Eui, near Muscat. 26/10/91. c, d. 2 ad. sks. Muscat. 1888. e. Ad. al. S • Muscat. 1889. 7. CANIS PALLIPES, Sykes. a. Ad. sk. Muscat. 1891. If I am right in referring this skin to C. pallipes, the present example shows a great extension of the western range of the species, as it has been hitherto only recorded from India. The specimen is, however, barely adult, so that proper comparison is rather difficult; but its skull agrees very fairly with that of a Karachi specimen, and there is little inherent improbability of the Indian Wolf occurring as far west as Muscat. 8. VULPES LEUCOPUS, Bly. a. Ad. sk. Muscat. b, c. Adult in spirit, and a separate head. Muscat. 1885. [d, e. Ad. sks. J $ . Muscat. Col. Miles, 1877.] 9. GERBILLUS (DIPODILLUS) DASTURUS, Wagn. a. Ad. al. cf. Gobia, on the coast 10 miles N.W. of Muscat. b. Ad. al. Muscat. 1887. The type of this species was sent over by the authorities of the Munich Museum at the request of Dr. Anderson, and I had then the opportunity of examining it. These Muscat specimens are undoubtedly conspecific with it, while their similarity to G. nanus, Blanf., renders it probable that the latter will prove to be synonymous with G. dasyurus. The typical G. nanus is, however, a somewhat smaller animal than these are. 10. Mus RATTUS, L. a-c. Khode. 6/11/92. d-f. Miti, Wadi Bani Buha, foot of Jebel Akhdar. 11/91. Specimens a-c, which are marked as "Tree Bats" by Dr. Jayakar, are brown, while d-/are bright rufous, and seem to closely correspond to the Indian M. rattus rufescens, Gray. All have pure white bellies. 11. LEPUS OMANENSIS, sp. n. a. Ad. sk. $ . Ziki, in Oman Proper. 26/10/92. Type. b, c. 2 ad. al. Ziki. 26/10/92. Size remarkably small, smaller than in any other Old-World Hare, except the abnormal L. netscheri of Sumatra. Form exceedingly slender and delicate : head small, ears long, limbs very long and thin. General colour dull greyish brown, not far from, but a little yellower than, Bidgway's "hair-brown"; the |