SPECIES OF MAMMALIA. 



Mus rutilus, Pallas^ Glires, 248. 



Le rona, Vicq-d'Azyr, Syst. des Anim. t. 2, 402. Campag- 

 nol dore ou roux, Desm. Nov. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. Red Rat, 

 Pen. Quad. ii. 198. 



Icon. Pallas, I. c. pi. 14, B. Screb. 188. 



Inhabits Siberia, and extensively in Northern Asia. 



539. 7. A.Gregalis (Baikal Mouse.) About three inches 

 long ; pale gray on the back, with long black hairs inter- 

 mixed, sides paler, belly white; tail black, one fourth the 

 length of the body ; ears large. 



Mus gregalis, Pallas Glires, 238. Le Gregari, Vicq-d'Azyr, 

 Syst. des Anim. t. 2, 400. Baikal Rat, Pe?2n. Quad. ii. 204. 

 Icon. Pallas, I. c.pl. 17, Screb. t. 189. 

 Inhabits Eastern Siberia. 



540. 8. A. Socialis (Social Rat.) About three inches 

 long; tail an inch; pale gray above, white underneath; 

 ears short, but broad. 



Mus socialis, Pallas, Glires. 218. Mus gregarius, Lin. 

 Syst, Nat. Ed. 11, 84. Mus terrestris, var. Erxleban, Syst. 

 Nat. 397. 



Campagnon, Vicq-d'' Azyr, Syst. des Anim. t. 2, 397. Social 

 Rat, Pen. 203. 



Icon. Pallas, I. c. t. 13, B. 



Inhabits the vicinity of the Caspian Sea. 



541. 9. A. Pumilio (Lineated Mouse.) Bright brown 

 above, marked with four longitudinal black bands. 



Mus pumilio, Gmel. Syst. 130, Sparman, Voy. t. 2. 370. 



Lineated Mouse, Pen. Quad. 2, 191. Rat nain du Desma- 

 rest, Nov. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. 



Icon. Sparman, I. c. pi. 9, and Act. Stock. 1784, /. 0, Pen- 

 nant, I. c. pi. 82. 



Inhabits South Africa, eastward of Cape of Good Hope. 



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