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Show • MAMMALIA. 39 6. Mus LONGICAUDATUS. PLATE XI. l\fus longicaudatus, Bennett, Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of tho Zoological Society of London for J anuary, 1832, p. 2, M pall ide jlavescenti-.fuscus; corpore subtus albo, leviter jlavo lava to; pedibus albis ; tm·sis per·magnis; cauda perlongd; mwibus pm·vulis. DEscnrPTION.-Fur long and soft; general colour pale yellow-brown, the hairs of the ordinary fur being fulvous neat· the apex, and the longer hairs brown. On the sides of the body, cheeks, and external side of limbs, the fulvous hue prevails. The inner side of the limbs and the under parts of the body are white, but have an indistinct yellowish hue. All the hairs of the body are of a deep gray colout· at the base. The ears are small, well clothed with hairs ; those on the inner side are chiefly yellow; externally, on the fore part they are brown, and posteriorly whitish. The feet are of a flesh-colour, and fumished above with white hairs; the tarsi are but sparingly provided with minute hairs on the upper side, and are naked beneath: they are of unusually large size. The fore feet are of modemte • size, and furnished with a very large carpal tubercle. The tail is very nearly double the length of the body, if the latter be measured in a straight line; it is of a brownish flesh-colour above, paler beneath, and sparingly furnished with minute bristly hairs; those on the upper surface being brown, and on the under side white. The l1airs of the moustaches are long, of a black colour, and grayish at the apex. Length from nose to root of tail of tail from nose to car Habitat, Chile. I n. 3 5 Lines. 3 10 ~ I n. Lines. Length of t:~rsus (claws included) l of ea,r 0 ·~ * As I shall have occasion to usc tho terms moderate, lon[J, slw1·t, lar9e, &c. it may be well to state tha,t I ta,ke the common mouse, (M~ta lJfusculus,) as my staud;ud of comparison. Tho cars, feet, tail, length of the fur, general proportions, &c. nrc in that a,nimal what I term moderate. |