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IX. Ei n of a Species of Jerboa, found in the upper "Pi 
vinces of Hindustan, between Benares and Hurdwar. By Lieut. 
Col. Thomas Hardwicke, F.L.S. ; 
id December 18, 1804. 
_Dievs 1xpicvs. 
Diev ! actylis, plantis pentadactylis, cauda elon- 
“gata apice floccosA fusca, corpore fulvo lineolis fuscis, - 
Tas. Vil 
The provincial name of this animal is Fleimin allading 
to its colour, which is that of the common antelope, so numerous 
on the plains of Hindustan, and there called Hepeen: Moos is 
the name for a rat. 
It is about the size of the common house-rat; its head large 
in proportion to the body; ears large, rounded, erect, naked, — 
or very obscurely hairy; nose much rounded, furnished with nu- 
` merous long fine hairs or whiskers; the upper jaw longer by half 
an inch-than the lower: ; upper lip slit. In each jaw are two in- 
cisores ; those of the lower twi e length of the upper ones, 
which are broader, and longitudi furrowed. Eyes large and 
of a shining black; legs unequal the fore legs one- 
third shorter than the hind ones, with orward, and a 
small tubercle in the place of a thumb. ~ et 
- toes, the three middle ones twice the length of those o 
feet; the exterior lateral] toe hardly ha: the length of the Bi. 
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