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Show 1900.] MAMMALS OF SIAM AND THE MALAY PENINSULA. 361 127. CHIROPODOMYS GLIROIDES (Blyth). The Pencil-tailed Tree- Mouse. Chiropodomys gliroides, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 403. 0. Thomas (P. Z. S. 1886, p. 78) records a mouse from Jaram, Selangor, collected by Darling, which probably belongs to this species. Distribution. Burma, Malay Peninsula (Selangor), Java, Borneo. 128. Mus RATTUS Linn. The Common Brown Rat of the East Indies. Mus rufescens, Cantor, p. 46. 3Ius rattus, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 406. •' N u " of the Siamese (a term applied to all species of rats). W. L. Sclater (Cat. Mamm. Indian Mus. ii. 1891, p. 67) records a specimen of Mus rattus rufescens from Malacca, and one from Penang from Cantor's collection. Hanitsch (Rep. Raffles Libr. & Mus. 1887, p. 11) records this species from Singapore. I have caught this rat in Sepoy Lines, Penang (May 1895), on Penang Hill (Nov. 1896 and March 1898), in Bangkok (April, June, July, Aug., Nov. 1897, and Feb., Aug. 1898), and iu Ayuthia (Feb. 1898). Colour. Specimens from Penang Hill: Above reddish brown, with longer dark hairs ; beneath pale yellowish, buff, or fawny grey ; the two colours gradually shade into each other on the sides. Specimens from Bangkok : Above reddish brown (varying from bright rufous to yellowish), many of the larger hairs having black tips (most noticeable in adult specimens), base of fur on back grey; beneath pure white (out of about 20 specimens examined, one was yellowish beneath, one male grey, one female rufous grey with a little white on the lower part of the abdomen, one young female rufous grey); the line of demarcation between the darker upper and white lower parts is very noticeable (except in a young female, where they gradually shade into each other); hands and feet flesh-coloured, with short white hairs on their upper surfaces, the white hairs on the last segment of the toes may be longer than the claws. Females from Penang and from Bangkok had each 5 pahs of mammae. Distribution. Cosmopolitan. 129. Mus CONCOLOR Blyth. The Little Burmese Rat. 31us concolor, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 408. W . L. Sclater (Cat. Mamm. Indian Mus. ii. 1891, p. 68) mentions a skin from Malacca, collected in 1846. Hanitsch (Rep. Raffles Libr. & Mus. 1897, p. 11) records this species from Singapore. The Siamese Museum contained three specimens from Bangkok. Of this species I obtained three specimens from Penan |
