MAMMALIA. 675 



Phlceomys Waterh. Ears moderate, hairy. Bristles very long. 

 Fore feet tetradactylous with hallucar wart, with nail flat ; hind feet 

 pentadactylous. Claws compressed, incurved, large. Tail shorter 

 than body. 



Sp. PMoeomys Cumingi Watekhouse, Proceed, of the Zool. Soc. vii. 1839, 

 pp. 107, 108; from the Philippine Islands; a large species, blackish-browu, 

 with a red tint on the back; tail black; length 19", tail 13" or 14". Its 

 external air withdraws this species from the genus Mus, with which, how- 

 ever, it agrees in the teeth (which I have not been able myself to examine). 



Sminthus Nathusius, Blas. and Keyseel. Molar teeth h-^ , 



o — o 



tuberculate. Upper lip not cloven. Tail long, hairy. (Feet and 



habit of the mice.) 



Sp. Sminthus loriger Nath., Sminthus Nordmanni Blas. and Ketserl. ; — 

 Sminthus betulinus Nilsson, Mus betiditnos Pall. Glir. Tab, 22, fig. i ; 

 comp. NiLSSON Skandinavislc Fauna, I. Lund. 1847, pp. 332 — 335. 



Brandt {Bemerhungen ueber die Wirbelthiere des nordl. Russland, 3. 35) 

 unites all these species under the name Sminthus subiilis; Blasids, believ- 

 ing them likewise to form only one species, calls it Sminthus vagus. Fauna 

 Deutschl. 1857, I. s. 304. 



4 — 4 

 Perognafhus Neuw. Molar teeth j — -, tnberculate; upper 



incisors grooved. Buccal pouches external, ample. Tail long, 

 thin, verticillate with scales, and haired. (Feet and habit of 

 mice.) 



Sp. Perognathus fasciatus Maxim. Prinz zu Wied, Nov. Act. Acad. Cces. 

 Leop. Carol, xix. i, pp. 368 — 374, Tab. 34; North America. 



Cricetus Cuv. Incisor teeth smooth in front, lower compressed, 



3 — 3 



molars ^ _ o > uniformly enamelled, tuberculate. Ears exsert, 



rounded. Buccal pouches internal. Fore feet with four toes and 

 hallucar wart, hinder pentadactylous. Tail very short, hairy. 



Sp. Cricetus vulgaris Desmar., Cricetus frumentarius Pall., Mus cricetus L., 

 Buff. xiii. PI. 14, Schreb, Sdwgth. Tab. 198, Guer. Iconogr., Mammif. 

 PI. 26, fig. 2; the hamster; greyish -yellow or ruddy above, black below; the 

 nose, under jaw and legs white ; three large, whitish-yellow spots on each 

 side, at the fore part of the body; sometimes almost quite black. This 

 animal lives in Siberia, Kussia, Germany, especially in Thuringia, in holes 

 under ground, and hoards there large stores of corn ; it sleeps through the 

 winter, but less deeply tlian the marmots. Compare F. G. Sulzeb Versv.ch, 



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