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DR. J. ANDERSON ON MAMMALS, REPTILES, 



[Jan. 5, 



2. Gerbillus shawIj Rozet. 



Meriones shaivi, Rozet ; Lataste, Etude de la Faune des Vertebres 

 de Barbarie, 1885, p. 114 ; id. Cat. Crit. des Mammif. Apilagiques 

 Sauvages de la Tunisie, 1887, p. 27. 



5 $ & 1 d' , Duirat, Tunisia. 



Measurements of G. shawi. 



The largest female was gravid (June), and had four foetuses, well 

 advanced, in each horn of the uterus. 



Subfamily Murines. 

 Genus Mus, Linn sens. 



3. Mus MUScuLus, Linnaeus ; Lataste, Etude de la Faune des 

 Vertebres de Barbarie, 1885, p. 135; id. Cat. Crit. des Mammif. 

 Apelagiques Sauvages de la Tunisie, 1887, p. 22. 



1 $ juv., Biskra; 2 c? , Hammam Meskoutine, Province of Con- 

 stantine; and 1 c?, Duirat, Tunisia. 



Family IL Octodontid^. 

 Genus Ctenodactyltjs, Gray. 



4. Ctenodactyltjs gundi, Rothman ; Lataste, Etude de la 

 Faune des Vertebre's de Barbarie, 1885, p. 152; id. Cat. Crit. des 

 Mammif. de la Tunisie, 1887, p. 31. 



2 $ & 1 S, Duirat, Tunisia. 



This species is said to be common on the hills behind Biskra. 



Family IIL Dipodid^. 

 Genus Dipus, Gmelin. 



5. Dipus HiRTiPES, Lichtenstein ; Lataste, Etude de la Faune 

 des Vertebres de Barbarie, 1885, p. 150; id. Cat. Crit. des Mammif. 

 &c. 1887, p. 30. 



1 2> Biskra. 



This female gave birth to two young ones while in my possession 

 (27 April), but made no visible effort to rear them. 



