SYNOPSIS OF THE \ 



Var. 3. Betulinus. Ground colour of the fur' yellow-gray, 

 tail brown above, gray beneath. 



Mus Betulinus, Pallas, Glir. 332. 



Icon. Pallas, I. c. t. 22. /.I. 



These animals live in trees, which they climb with ease, 

 by the assistance of their large hands. They have very 

 great analogy with the Dormice, and, like them, want the 

 gall-bladder, but differ from them in having a caecum. Mr. 

 Gray has formed them into a distinct genus, under the 

 name of Sicista. 



588. 15. M. ? Striatus (the Striated Mouse.) Red-gray 

 above, marked with several longitudinal lines of little white 

 spots ; tail as long as the body, about as big as a Mouse. 



Mus Orientalis, Seba, Thes. 11. 22. Mus Striatus-, Lin. 

 Mus. Adolph. Frider. i. 10. Striated Mouse, Shaw, Zool. vi. 



Icon. Seba, I. c. f. 2. Shaw, Zool. vi. t. 133. Ency. 

 Method, t. 68. /. 6. 



Inhabits the East Indies, according to Seba. 



Obs. This has been considered by some as the young 

 of Sciurus Getulus, but apparently without foundation. 



589. 16. M.l Barbarus (Barbary Mouse.) Fur above 

 brown, marked with ten longitudinal whitish lines; three 

 toes only on the anterior feet. 



Mus Barbarus, Lin. Syst. Nat. ed. 12. 



Icon. 



Inhabits Africa. 



590. 17. M. Soricinus (Soricine Mouse.) Fur yellowish- 

 gray above, whitish underneath ; muzzle elongated ; tail as 

 long as the body; ears orbicular, hairj-; length about 

 three inches. 



Mus Soricinus, Herman, Obs. Zool. 51. 



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