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PETROMYS TYPICUS.—S m it h .
M ammalia.— P la t e XX.
P. capite, cerviceque superne, etiamque corporis lateribus antice brunneo-griseis, flavo-brunneo delicate
penicillatis; regione nasali, dorsoque rufis; corporis lateribus partibusque inferioribus, flavo-brunneis
griseo admixtis; mento, regionibusque ad oris cingula subochreis; cauda mystacibusque nigricantibus.
Oculis subnigris.
Longitudo corporis cum capite, 7 unc. 6 lin. ; caudse, 5 unc. 9 lin.
P etbomys typicus, Smith. South African Quarterly Journal, No. 5, page 2 .
C o lo u r .—The upper and lateral parts of the head and neck, together with
the sides of the body, anteriorly brownish grey, delicately pencilled with
yellowish brown ; the space under each ear finely grizzled with white. The
extremity of the nose, the back, and the base of the tail, superiorly, intermediate
between reddish orange and chesnut-brown, sparingly pencilled with
black ; sides of body, lower surface of neck and belly, light yellowish brown,
mixed with brocoli-brown. Upper lip, angles of mouth and chin, dark cream-
yellow. Tarsi yellowish-brown. Tail, whiskers, and hairs on margin of ears,
rusty black. Eyes brownish black. Nails a dark horn-colour. Incisor
teeth of both jaws, dark sienna-yellow. Hairs near to the skin, generally a
dirty ash-grey.
F orm , &c.—Figure long, and moderately robust. Head rather long; nose
rounded and fullgfits apex bare and black; the forehead, and upper part of
the head, slightly convex. Ears rather small, semi-circular, and sparingly
covered with short, rigid hair. Eyes moderately large, and rather prominent.
Whiskers long and rigid; and on each cheek, immediately behind the eye, *
* For the generic characters of Petromys, see South African Quarterly Journal, No. 5, page 2, (1831);
and Id. second series, vol. i. page 146.