Mammalitu 155 



Mus Gentilis, Lichtciistein. II air long and close ; ears short ; 

 head moderately large, long and sharp ; nose ]irojecting ; ears 

 round, small, naked, and closely applied to the head ; body 

 long and slender ; fore-feet very short, hind-feet moderately 

 long with naked soles and small white nails ; tail moderate, 

 ringed, nearly naked, and of a hlackish colour. Hair long and 

 soft, the whole of the upper parts brown-grey, the under-parts 

 white, and the colours in some (perhaps males) are separated 

 from each other by a rusty tint ; feet whitish. Length from nose 

 to base of tail three inches and a half ; length of tail two inches 

 and a half. 



Inhabits Egypt and Nubia. 



JBrants, Het Geslacht der Muigen, p. 126. 



Mus Cahirinus, Geoffroy. (Cairo Eat.) Above dark blue- 

 grey or grey-bi-own, lighter on the sides ; beneath, dirty greyish ; 

 hinder part of the back with flat bristles intermixed with <he 

 hair, grey towards their bases, reddish brown towards and at 

 the tips ; head long and pointed ; nose elongated with a mode- 

 rately strong hairy crest; ears large, oval, and hairy; feet 

 -whitish brown ; whiskers dark brown ; tail greyish brown, 

 marked with scaly rings, and nearly naked. Length from nose 

 to base of tail four inches ; length of tail three inches and a 

 half. 



Inhabits Egypt, — in houses at Cairo. 



Echirays d' Egypte, Geoff. Mem. de V Insiit. d' Egypte, part 

 Hist. Nat. pi. d,}ig.2. 



Mus dimidiatus, CretESchmar. The whole of the upper 

 parts a reddish straw-yellow ; the under parts and a spot under 

 and behind each ear, white ; teeth yellow ; on the head a slight 

 intermixture of black hairs ; whiskers mixed black and white ; 

 ears dark brown with a slight sprinkling of fine white haiis ; 

 hinder part of back and flanks with some bristly hairs which 

 appear flattened near their points ; towards bases silvery-grey, 

 towards points red-yellow or grey, seldom white. Tail with 

 scaly rings, and between them some short whitish hairs ; upper 

 surface of tail brown, under surface white ; feet white ; eyes 

 dark brown. Length from nose to base of tail about four 

 inches; tail the same. 



Inhabits Nubia and Sinai, — frequents rocky situations. 



Mus Dolichurus, Smuts. (Long-tailed Mouse.) Hair long 

 and modera'eiy soft ; the surface colour of the upper-parts 

 clear riifou8 brown, freely pencilled with black on the fore- 

 head, crown, and centre of back ^ sidesof body incliued to rufous 



