286 MURIDJl. 



RODENT! A . M URID^E. 



Genus, Mus. 



MOUSE, RAT. 



Generic Ok aracler. Grinders :ij, simple, with tubercular summits ; supe- 

 rior incisive teeth wedge-shaped, inferior ones compressed and pointed ; tail 

 nearly naked, annulated with scales. 



HARVEST MOUSE. 



Mus minutus. (Pallas.) 



Specific Character '. Fur light orange-brown on the upper parts, white 

 beneath, the two colours distinctly circumscribed ; ears one-third the length 

 of the head. 



Mus minutus, PALLAS, Glir. p. 96, 45. ERXLEB. 



Syst. p. 401, 11. GMEL. Linn. 



Syst. Nat. I. 130. DESMAR. 



Mammal, p. 304, sp. 485. 

 ,, messorius, SHAW, Gen. Zool. II. p. 62, fig. 



in titul. MONTAGU in Linn. 



Trans. VII. p. 274. DESMAR. 



Mammal, p. 302, sp. 479. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 19. JENYNS, 



Brit. Vert. p. 31. 



,, pendulinus, soricinus, and. parvulus, HERM. Obs. Zool. I. p. 57, 62. 

 Mulot nain FR. CUVIER, Mammal. II. 



Rat des Moissons, ,, ,, IV. 



Harvest Mouse, PENN. Brit. Zool. I. p. 120, No. 29. 



Minute Mouse, SHAW, Gen. Zool. II. p. 64, t. 



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