The following tabular summary shows the distribution of the fauna among the islands. (The letter A indicates material obtained by Dr Abbott, the letter R a previous record; an asterisk denotes occurrence beyond the Andamans and Nicobars; doubtful species have a note of interrogation placed against them; and those in italics have been described as new from the collections made during the cruise of the _Terrapin_):-- _Synopsis of the Mammalian Fauna of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands._[220] Key for Column Headers A: South Andaman. B: Rutland Island. C: Little Andaman. D: Henry Lawrence Island. E: Little Jolly Boy. F: Barren Island. G: No island specified. H: Kar Nicobar. I: Tilanchong Island. J: Trinkat Island. K: Kamorta Island. L: Nankauri Island. M: Kachal Island. N: Little Nicobar. O: Great Nicobar. P: No island specified. +-----------------------------+-----------------++-----------------------+ | | ANDAMAN ISLANDS.|| NICOBAR ISLANDS. | | NAME. +---+-+---+-+-+-+-++---+-+-+-+-+-+-+---+-+ | | A |B| C |D|E|F|G|| H |I|J|K|L|M|N| O |P| +-----------------------------+---+-+---+-+-+-+-++---+-+-+-+-+-+-+---+-+ |*Dugong dugon | | | | | | |R|| | | | | | | | | | | Sus andamanensis | R | |RA | | | | || | | | | | | | | | | _Sus nicobaricus_ | | | | | | | || | | | | | | | A |R| |*Mus musculus | R | | | | | | || | | | | | | | | | | Mus palmarum | | | | | | | || | | | | | | | |R| | Mus bowersi(?) | | | | | | |R|| | | | | | | | | | | _Mus stoicus_ | | | |A| | | || | | | | | | | | | | _Mus taciturnus_ | A | | | | | | || | | | | | | | | | | _Mus flebilis_ | | | |A| | | || | | | | | | | | | | Mus andamanensis |RA | | | | | | || | | | | | | | | | | _Mus pulliventer_ | | | | | | | || | | | | | | | A | | | _Mus atratus_ | | | | | |A| || | | | | | | | | | | _Mus burrus_ | | | | | | | || | |A| | | | | | | | _Mus burrulus_ | | | | | | | || A | | | | | | | | | | _Mus burrescens_ | | | | | | | || | | | | | | | A | | |*Mus alexandrinus | | | | | | | || | | | |A| | | | | | Paradoxurus tytleri |RA | | | | | | || | | | | | | | | | |*Felis chaus(?) | R | | | | | | || | | | | | | | | | | Tupaia nicobarica nicobarica| | | | | | | || | | | | | | |RA | | | _Tupaia nicobarica surda_ | | | | | | | || | | | | | |A| | | | _Crocidura nicobarica_ | | | | | | | || | | | | | | | A | | | _Crocidura andamanensis_ | A | | | | | | || | | | | | | | | |
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