SPECIES OF MAMMALIA. 



Icon. Schreb. tab. 18. B. Shaw, Zool. ii. t. 133. Ency. 

 Method, t. 68. /. 4. 

 Inhabits the vicinity of Strasbourg. 



591. 18. M. F?'iigivorus (Frugixorous Mouse.) Furred- 

 dish brown, with scattered long brown hairs above; 

 beneath white ; ears naked, rounded ; tail as long as the 

 body, brown ringed, ciliated. 



Musculus Frugivorus, Raff. Precis de Decouvert. 5. 

 Inhabits Sicily, living on trees. 



592. 19. M. Dichrurus (Two-coloured Tailed Rat.) Fur 

 gray, varied with brown above and on the sides ; head 

 with a brown band; belly whitish; tail as long as the 

 body, ringed, ciliated, above brown, beneath white, rather 

 squared. 



Musculus Dichrurus, Raff. Precis de Decouv. 5. 

 Inhabits Sicily, living in fields. 



593. 20. Mm Setifer (Bristle-bearing Rat.) Fur bristly, 

 blackish-brown beneath, especially the hinder part ; gray 

 back ; with nearly erect rigid bristles; ears large, rounded, 

 nearly naked; tail long. 



Mus Setifer, Horsf. Zool. Java. Tckus Urrok, Java- 

 nese. 



Icon. Horsf. I. c. t. 



Inhabits Java. 



Dr. Hamilton has described and figured a somewhat 

 similar species, under the name of Mus Icria. 



594. 21. M. Islandicus (Iceland Rat.) Fur of the 

 back black ; red-gray spotted with yellow on the sides ; 

 tail nearly naked, with scales, a little longer than the 

 body. 



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