MUS SETIFER 



Ord. IV?^ Rongeurs, Cuvier. V- Division. 



Ord. IV. Glires, Linn. Syst. 



Ord. IV. Prensiculantia, llliger. Fam. 10, Murina. 



MUS, Liinn. Erxleb. Sriss. Cuv. Illig. &p. 



Char. G^'S.—Dentium formula; Primores |-, Molares ~. Primores inferiores 



scalpro compresso acuto. Vvo Laniariis diastema. Molares shra:^t\, obducti, 



tritorii, tuberculati. 

 Rostrum acutum. Labrum fissum. Sacculi buccales nuUi. Auriculce oblongee aut 



rotundate, nudiusculse. 

 Cauda eloiigata aut mediocris, squamata, annulata, raropilosa. Mammm apertae, 



pectorales et ventrales 4 — 12. 

 Pedes distincti, ambulatorii, antici digitis 4 et verruca hallucari, postici pentadactyli. 



Ungues faleulares. llliger. 



* * Mures setosi vel spinosi. 



Mus Cauda annulosa elongata, corpore setoso nigi-icante-fusco subtus cano, dorso setis 

 suberectis rigidis hirto, uropygio setis longis eequalibus postice spectantibus 

 obtecto, auriculis magnis rotundatis nudiusculis. 



Tikus-wirok, of the Javanese. 



The distinguishing character of the Tikus-wirok of the Javanese is afforded 

 by numerous rigid hairs, which are scattered over the upper parts of the body, and 

 project widely from the general covering. These hairs commence immediately 

 behind the neck; they increase in number on the back, and being considerably 

 lengthened on the rump, they constitute a lax investment about the root of the 

 tail and the uropygium. This pecuhar character has suggested the specific name 



