90 RED MOUSE. 



inch and half; the tail is also marked along the 

 top with a dusky line, the remainder being white. 



. RED MOUSE. 



Mus Rutilus. M. cauda unciali, auriculis vellere longioribus, 

 palmis subtctradactylis, corpore supra fulvo subtus cano. Lin. 

 Syst. Nat. Gmel.p. 133. Pall. Glir.p. 246. 



Fulvous Mouse, ash-coloured beneath, with tail about an inch 

 long, ears longer than the fur, and subtetradactyle fore-feet. 



Red Mouse. Pennant Quadr. 2, p. 196. 



THE length of this species is not quite four 

 inches, and the tail is somewhat more than one 

 inch long, and very hairy : the nose and face are 

 bristly, the ears very small, but longer than the 

 fur; bare, but edged at the tips with reddish 

 hairs. The colour of the animal on the upper 

 parts is a pleasant tawny red ; the sides tinged 

 with light yellowish-grey, and the under parts 

 are whitish. It is a native of Siberia, and is 

 found from the Oby eastward to Kamtschatka, in 

 woods and mountains ; and also within the arctic 

 circle. It sometimes frequents houses and gra- 

 naries ; and is often found under logs of wood, 

 trunks of trees, &c. It is said to wander about 

 during the whole winter; seemingly unaffected 

 by the severity of the season. A variety somewhat 

 smaller has been found about Casan, having a 

 longer and thinner tail. It is also said to have 

 been discovered in the neighbourhood of Got- 

 tingen. 



