. Catalogue of the fossil Mammalia in the British museum, (Natural History). Mammals, Fossil. 320 SUPPLEMENT. Order RODENTIA. Suborder RODENTIA SIMPLICIDENTATA. Section MYOMOHPHA. Family (pt. i. p. 225). Genus GERBILLUS9 Desmarest \ The incisors narrow, and grooved in the upper jaw ; molars lami- nated, the first having three ridges, the second two, and the third one ridge. ffierbilluig tntrtfu^ (Hardwicke ^). Syn. Dipus indicus, Hardwicke ^. Hah. India. M. 3497. Two specimens of the left ramus of the mandible ; from a cave at Billa-Surgam, Karnul district, Madras. Other specimens are
. Catalogue of the fossil Mammalia in the British museum, (Natural History). Mammals, Fossil. 320 SUPPLEMENT. Order RODENTIA. Suborder RODENTIA SIMPLICIDENTATA. Section MYOMOHPHA. Family (pt. i. p. 225). Genus GERBILLUS9 Desmarest \ The incisors narrow, and grooved in the upper jaw ; molars lami- nated, the first having three ridges, the second two, and the third one ridge. ffierbilluig tntrtfu^ (Hardwicke ^). Syn. Dipus indicus, Hardwicke ^. Hah. India. M. 3497. Two specimens of the left ramus of the mandible ; from a cave at Billa-Surgam, Karnul district, Madras. Other specimens are described and figured by the writer in the ' Palseontologia Indica.' ser. 10, vol. iv. p. 35, woodcut Fig. Gerbillus indicus.—The left ramus of the mandible (1) and grinding-surfaces of the lower molars (|); from a cave in the Karmil district. (From the ' Palseontologia Indica.') fig. 1; one of the figures being reproduced in the accom- panying woodcut. Presented hy the Director of the Geological Swrvey of India, 1886. ^ Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. vol. xxiv. p. 22 (1804). 2 Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. viii. p. 279 (1804-7).—Dijpus, ^ Loc. ci(.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Geology; Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915. London, Printed by order of the Trustees
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