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1. Myopus schisticolor Lilljcborg. 



1844. Myodes schi^l irolor Lilljeborfi, Ofversigt Kongl. Vetenskaps- 

 Akad. Forhiindl. .Stockholm, 1. p. 33. 



1910. Lemmiis schwiicolor Troucssart, Faune Mamm. d'Europe, 

 p. 199. 



1911. Myopus schinticolor CoUett, Norges Pattedyr, p. 130; Miller, 

 Catal. Mamm. W. Europe, p. 611. 



Tyj)e. — Stockholm Museum. 



Type locality. — -Near Lillehammer at north end of Mjosen, 

 Gudbrandsdal, Norway. 



Ra)i.ye. — Southern Norway and central Sweden eastwards 

 into Finland and Russia. Apparently confined to the fir forests. 



Characters. — Size rather small, head and body about 100 mm., 



Fig. 75. — Myopus schisticolor Lilljeborg. 

 Crown views of molars : a. right upper, b. left lower teeth. 



hind-foot 15-16 mm., condylo-basal length about 24. External 

 characters as described above under the genus. Mantle repre- 

 sented by a broad, rather ill-defined, reddish-brown area on the 

 centre of the back extending from the shoulders backwards 

 to within about 15 mm. of the base of the tail. Remainder of 

 the coat a uniform dark slaty-grey, slightly paler on ventral 

 surface ; upper surface with a peculiar metallic lustre j^roduced 

 by the silvery tips of the shorter hairs and less obviously lined 

 by the longer black hairs. Feet and tail black, but hairs on 

 under surface with a silvery lustre. 



Skull and teeth as described above under the genus ; dis- 

 tinguished by slightly smaller size, smaller auditory bullae, and 

 weaker upper incisors from the forms inhabiting eastern Asia. 



For cranial and external measurements, see tables at end of 

 volume. 



Remarks. — CoUett (Norges Pattedyr, 1911, p. 133) notes that 



