NATURAL HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA 



2. Otomys irroratus tropicalisy Thos. Jnn. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), 



ic, p. 314 (1902). 



3. Otomys irroratus aiiratus, Wrought. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 



(7), 18, p. 272 (1906). 



4. Otomys irroratus cupreus. Wrought. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 



(7), 18, p. 273 (iqo6). 



5. Otomys laminatus, Thos. and Schw. P.Z.S., 1905, i. p. 267. 



6. Otomys iinisulcatus typiais, F. Cuv. Bush Otomys. 



7. Otomys unisulcatus grantt, Thos. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), 



10, p. 312 (1902). 



8. Otomys sloggetti, Thos. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), 10, p. 311 



(1902). 



9. Otomys broomi, Thos. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), 10, p. 313 



(1902). 



10. Otomys brantsi, A, Smith. Brants' Otomys. 



11. Otomys tumeric Wrought. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), 20, 



p. 31 (1907). 



Sub-family : Dendromyina 

 {The Tree Mice) 



Mouse-like animals, small and elegant with long scaly tails 

 sparsely covered with hairs. Hind limbs not elongated as is the 

 case with the members of the preceding sub-family. Molar teeth 

 with tubercles or cusps arranged in pairs more or less. 



These Tree Mice are confined to Africa. 



South African species 



1. Dendromys pumilio, Wagn. The Small Tree Mouse. 



2. Dendromys jamesoni. Wrought. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), 3, 



p. 247 (1909). 



3. Dendromys nigrifrons, True. Proc. U.S. Nat. Hist. 15, p. 462, 



fig. 2 (1892). 



4. Dendromys mesomelas, Brants. Chestnut Tree Mouse. 



5. Dendromys melanotis, A. Smith. Grey Tree Mouse. 



6. Dendromys longicaudatus, Roberts. Ann. Trans. Mus.,iy. 1913, 



p. 83. 



7. Dendromys ayresi, Roberts. Ann. Trans. Mus., iv. 191 3, p. 83. 



I. Steatomys pratensis, Pet. The Fat Mouse. 



1. Malacothrix typicus, A. Smith. Mouse Gerbille. 



2. Malacothrix pentonyx^ W. Scl. Small-eared Mouse Gerbille 



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