12Z 



Descrip. 



COMMON MOUSE. Class T. 



Thofe that arc not thus carried away in the 

 Iheaves, fhelter themfelves during winter under 

 ground, and burrow deep, forming a warm bed 

 for themfelves of dead grafs. 



They are the fmallefl: of the Briiijb quadru- 

 peds: their length from nofe to tail is only two 

 inches and a half: their tail two inches : their weight 

 one fixth of an ounce. They are more flender 

 than the other long-tailed Field Moufe -, their eyes 

 iefs prominent ; their ears naked, and (landing out 

 of the fur; their tail (lightly covered with hair; 

 their back of a fuller red than the larger fpe- 

 cies ; inclining to the color of a Bormoufe : the 

 belly white; a ftrait line along the fides dividino- 

 the colors ot the back and belly. 



30. Mouse. Mus domefticns vulgaris feu 

 minor. Rati Jyn. quad. 218. 



Seb. Mufeum, i. Tab. 11 1 . f. 6. 

 its fkeleton. Tab. 31. 



Gefner quad. 714. 



Mus Cauda longiffima, obfcure 

 cinereus, ventre fubalbef- 

 cente. Brijfon quad, 119. 



De Buffon, Tom. vii. 309. 

 Tab. SQ. 



Mus mufculus. M. cauda 

 elongata, palmis tetra- 

 daftylis, plantis penta- 

 dadylis. Lin.fyJ}. 83. 

 Faun. Suec. 34. 

 Mus minor, Mufculus vul- 

 garis. Klein quad. 57. 

 Br, Zool. 90. Syn, quad. 

 No. 229. 



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HIS timid, cautious, ad:ive, little animal, is 

 too well known to require a defcription : ic 



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