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Show 10 DR. J. ANDERSON ON MAMMALS, REPTILES, [Jan. 5, 2. GERBILLUS SHAWI, Rozet. Meriones shawi, Rozet; Lataste, Etude de la Faune des Verte'bres de Barbarie, 1885, p. 114 ; id. Cat. Crit. des Mammif. Ap61agiques Sauvages de la Tunisie, 1887, p. 27. 5 $ & 1 J, Duirat, Tunisia. Measurements of G. shawi. Tip of snout to vent Vent to tip of tail without hairs Height of ear Length of hind foot and claws ?• millim. 135 125 15 33 41 2- millim. 128 117 13 33 39 $• millim. 117 119 13 33 38 2- millim. 77 63 11 26 30 2- millim. 73 67 11 2P 29 rj. millim. 74 69 11 27 30 The largest female was gravid (June), and had four foetuses, well advanced, in each horn of the uterus. Subfamily Murines. Genus Mus, Linnseus. 3. Mus MUSCULUS, Linnaeus; Lataste, Etude de la Faune des Vertebres de Barbarie, 1885, p. 135 ; id. Cat. Crit. des Mammif. Apelagiques Sauvages de la Tunisie, 1887, p. 22. 1 $ juv., Biskra; 2 S, Hammam Meskoutine, Province of Constantine; and 1 St Duirat, Tunisia. Family II. OCTODONTID^E. Genus CTENODACTYLUS, Gray. 4. CTENODACTYLUS GUNDI, Rothman; Lataste, Etude de la Faune des Vertebres de Barbarie, 1885, p. 152 ; id. Cat. Crit. des Mammif. de la Tunisie, 1887, p. 31. 2 $ & 1 6, Duirat, Tunisia. This species is said to be common on the hills behind Biskra. Family III. DIPODID^E. Genus DIPUS, Gmelin. 5. DIPUS HIRTIPES, Lichtenstein; Lataste, Etude de la Faune des Vertebres de Barbarie, 1885, p. 150; id. Cat. Crit, des Mammif. &c. 1887, p. 30. 1 $, Biskra. This female gave birth to two young ones while in my possession (27 April), but made no visible effort to rear them. |
