d e n d r o mys t y p i c u s . rig . 1.
D E N D R O I Y S ME LAN O T I S . Fig. 2:
(M am m a lia -P la te 3 4 ^
DENDROMYS TYPICUS.—S m it h .
M amma lia .— P la t e X X X IV . F ig . 1.
D. supra subferrugineus, lined longitudinali nigra inter nucham et caudee basin ; labiis, partibus inferioribus
extremitatibusque interne albis, pallide rufo-tinctis; caudee pilis supeme brunneis, subtus subalbidis;
oculis nigro-brunneis.
Longitudo ab naso ad caudee basin, 4 unc. 6 lin.; caudeej 5 unc.
Dendromys typicus, Zoological Journal, vol. iv. page 439. 1829.
C o lo u r .— The upper and lateral parts of the head, neck, and body yellowish
brown strongly tinged with saffron-yellow ; the lips, the lower portion
of the sides, the chin, throat, breast, belly, and inner surface of extremities
white, faintly tinged with rufous. The hair of the ears the same colour as
that of the back. Whiskers brown. Hair on the upper surface of the tail
brown, on the lower surface whitish. Between the nape and the base of the
tail there is a narrow blackish line which follows the course of the spinal
column. Eyes blackish brown ; the upper incisor teeth pale ochre-yellow,
the lower, whitish and semipellucid. The hairs of the head and body light
blackish grey towards their roots ; those on the back and upper portion of
the sides are of that colour till near their tips.
F orm , &ciS>Figure slender and elongated. Head small and very narrow
anteriorly; the nose is almost pointed; extremities slender, the fore ones
very short, the hinder ones considerably more lengthened. Ears rather large
and oval. The middle toe of the fore feet longer and stronger than the other
two, the wart which supplies the place of the hinder toe small and obtusely
pointed; the outer toe of the hinder feet shortest, the next to it longest, the
third rather shorter than the second, and the inner one shorter than the third,
but rather longer than the outer one; hinder toe very short, and consists of
little more than the nail. Tail long, cylindrical, and rather smaller at the
point than at the base, it is distinctly ringed and each ring consists of a series
of small scales. Nails rather short and slightly curved. The fur of the head
and body is long, soft, silky, and recumbent, that on both surfaces of the ears
and on the lower joint of the leg short; on the tail the little which exists is
short and rather rigid.