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RODENTIA. 



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muridj:. 





M URIDJ!.. 



Genus, Mus. 



MOUSE, RAT. 



Crcmric Oharacler. — Grinders §:§, simple, with tubercular summits ; supe- 

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

 nearly naked, annulated with scales. 



HARVEST MOUSE. 



Alus minutus. (Pallas.) 



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

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

 of the head. 



Mvs minutus, Pallas, Glir. p. 96, 45. Erxleb. 



Syst. p. 401, 11. Gmel. Linn. 



Syst. Nat. I. 130. Desmak. 



Mammal, p. 304, sp. 485. 

 ,, messorius, Shaw, Gren. Zool. II. p. 62, fig. 



in titul. Montagu in Linn. 



Trans. VII. p. 274. Desmak. 



Mammal, p. 302, sp. 479. 



Flem. Brit. An. p. 19. Jenyns, 



Brit. Vert. p. 31. 

 ,, penduUmis, soricinus, and piurvulus, Herm. Obs. Zool. I. j). 57, 62. 

 Mulot iiain Fr. Cuvier, Mammal. II. 



Rat des Mohsons, ,, ,, IV. 



/I arrest Mouse, Penn. Brit. Zool. I. p. 120, No. 29. 



Minute Mouse, Shaw, Gen. Zool. II. p. 64, L 



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