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mouse (Mus Musculus), its colour is much darker. In possessing a glossy fur it
differs from most of its congeners ; its head is also proportionately larger, and the
incisors are much stronger.
The molars of the upper jaw are figured in plate 34, fig. 9, a,—and fig. 9, h,
represents those of the under jaw.
“ Very abundant in gardens and hedges, far from houses; and was easily
caught in traps baited either with cheese or meat.”— D.
16. M u s XANTHORHINUS.
P late X V II.—Fig. 1 .
Mus xantliorhinus, Waterh., Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, for January 1837, p. 17.
31. suprà fuscus flavo lavatus ; subtiis albus ; rhinario flavo ; auribus parvulis, intiis
pilis fiavis obsitis ; mystacibus longis, canis, ad hasin tiigrescentibus : caudâ corpore
breviore, suprà fuscâ, ad latera fiavescente, subtùs sordidè albâ : pedibus anticis, tar-
sisque Jiavis, digitis albis: vellere longo, molli.
D e s c r i p t i o n .— Fur moderately long and loose ; ears rather small ; tail shorter
than the body ; general colour gray washed with yellow, the yellow colour
prevailing, especially on the sides of the body ; muzzle, inner side of ears,
and tarsus, of a rich yellow colour ; toes, chin, throat, under parts of body,
and rump, white ; all the fur deep gray at the base ; the hairs on the
upper parts and sides of the body broadly annulated near the apex with
rich yellow, and at the apex dusky; on the under parts of the body the
hairs are broadly tipped with white. Tail rather sparingly furnished with
hair, that on the upper surface brown, on the sides yellow, and on the under
surface whitish. The hairs of the moustaches are white—some of them
dusky at the base. The incisor teeth are rather slender, and of a pale yellow
colour.
Length from nose to root of tail . . 3 6
of t a i l .....................................................1 74
from nose to ear . . . 0 1 0
Length of tarsus (claws included) .
of ear
Iq. Lines.
0 9
0 3 |
Habitat, Hardy Peninsula, Tierra del Fuego, (February.)
The white, which is usually confined to the under parts of the body, in this