Mus castaneus Waterhouse, 1843 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 12: 134.

TYPE LOCALITY: Philippines .

DISTRIBUTION: Cities of S. and E. Asia.

COMMENT: Formerly included in musculus; includes tytleri as a subspecies; see Marshall and Sage, 1981, Symp. Zool. Soc. Lond., 47:20-21.