This rat Professor Milne-Edwards describes from a single specimen; it is apparently rare, and was named after the Abbé David's Chinese servant—'Recherches sur les Mammifères,' p. 290.
[NO. 382. MUS FLAVIPECTUS.]
The Yellow-breasted Rat.
HABITAT.—Moupin; Thibet.
DESCRIPTION.—Reddish-brown; chin greyish; throat and chest tawny, mixed with grey; belly and inside of limbs yellowish-grey; ears large, nearly naked; incisors deep yellow; tail brown, covered with short hairs.
SIZE.—About 7¾ inches; tail, 6¼ inches.—'Mammifères,' p. 289.
[NO. 383. MUS GRISEIPECTUS.]
The Grey-breasted Rat.
HABITAT.—Moupin; Thibet.
DESCRIPTION.—Brown above; the under-parts of a clear grey.
SIZE.—About the same as the last, but with a somewhat shorter tail.—'Mammifères,' p. 290.