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LINEATED MOUSE. 



Mus Pumilio. M. cauda mediocri nudinscula, corpore ex funco 

 cinereo, f route nigra et lineis quatuor dorsalibus nigris. Lin. 

 Syst. Nat. Gmtl.p. 131. 



Cinereous-brown Mouse, with black front, four black dorsal 

 lines, and nearly naked tail of middling length. 



THIS small and elegant species was first de- 

 scribed by Sparman, and is a native of the forest 

 regions on the Slangen river, a great way east- 

 ward from the Cape of Good Hope. It is one of 

 the least of the genus, being little more than two 

 inches long from nose to tail. Its colours and 

 other particulars are sufficiently described in the 

 specific character. 



STRIATED MOUSE. 



Mus Striatus. M. cauda longimcula subnuda, corporis striis plu- 

 rimis paralldis albo-guttatis. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel.p. 131. 



Rufous-brown Mouse, with longish naked tail, and the body 

 marked by several longitudinal rows of white spots. 



Mus orientalis. Seb, 2. p. 22. t. 21. f. 2. 



Mus cauda longa, striis corporis lougitudinalibits ex punctis albis. 

 Lin. Mus. Ad. Frid. i.p. 10. 



Tins beautiful little animal was first described 

 and figured by Seba, from whom other authors 

 have taken their descriptions. It is about half 

 the size of a common mouse, and is of a rufous 

 or fulvous colour, with several parallel rows of 



