No. 334 Mus Andamanensis. — The Andaman Rat
Habitat.—The Andaman and Nicobar islands.
Description.—A little darker on the back than Mus decumanus, paler on the sides, and dull white below. “The long piles are at once distinguished by their flattened spinous character, which is also slightly the case in M. rattus, though much less conspicuously than in the present species. It would appear to be a burrower in the ground” (Blyth). Ears round as in the brown rat.
Size.—Head and body, about 8 inches; tail the same.
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