BRANTS' OTOMYS 



and has its retreats in patches of brushwood, 

 and the various forms of hardy vegetation which 

 grow on sandy soil. 



Brants' Otomys is about 7 inches in length, and 

 the tail averages 3^- inches. It is yellowish-brown 

 in colour, and, unlike thoss of the preceding species, 

 the ears are small. 



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