104 RODENTIA. 



Mus Nordmanni. 



Mus Nordmanni, Keys. u. Blas. Wirbelth. Europ. p. 37 ; Schinz, 

 Europaischen Fauna, Supp. to vol. ii. 



Description. — Tail three-fourths of the length of the body, 

 with 140 rings ; ears rather less than half the length of the 

 head ; soles of the feet hairy for one-third of their length. 

 Upper parts of the body red-brown, which colour passes by 

 degrees on the sides into the yellowish red-grey of the under 

 parts. The hinder division of the last grinder in the lower 

 jaw is scarcely half as broad as the anterior division. 



About equal in size to the common House Mouse. 



A new species, discovered in the Crimea by Nordmann, 

 before 1840. 



Genus SMINTHUS. 



Teeth. — Incisors, ~ ; grinders, -l^v ; without divisions. 

 Upper lip not divided, thickly clothed with hair ; tail almost 

 as long as the body, hairy. 



Sminthus Nordmanni. 



Sminthus Nordmanni, Keys. u. Blas. Wirbelth. Europ. No. 56, p. 38 ; 



Schinz, Eiu-op. Faun. vol. ii. Supp. 

 Mus vagus, Pallas. 

 Mus betulinus, Pallas. 



Desciiiption. — Ears half as long as the head, reaching to 

 the eyes when pressed down ; whiskers rather shorter than 

 the head, arranged in a double row ; tail rather shorter than 

 the body, thickly clothed with hairs which di\dde into two 

 rows, containing 140 scaly rings. A distinct tubercular 

 thumb with a conical nail ; fore-feet clothed with white 

 adpressed hairs ; hind-feet fringed with hairs which are 

 directed downwards, and turned over on the soles ; upper 

 parts of the body greyish yellow, with a black stripe along 



