SPECIES Ol- MAMMALIA. 



Icon. Buf. I. c. -pi. 39, and 40. Pallas, I. c. pi. 21. ' 

 Inhabits Barbary, Egypt, and Western Asia. 



616. 2. D. Jaculus (Siberian Jerboa.) Pale yellow 

 above ; white underneath ; muzzle white, and a white stripe 

 across the buttocks ; five toes on the fore-feet, of which the 

 lateral are very small. About seven inches long ; tail 

 nearly a foot. 



Mus Jaculus, Pallas, Glires^ 275. Dipus Alagtaga, Oliv. 

 Bull. Soc. Phil. 



Siberian Jerboa, Pen. Quad. ii. 166. 



Icon. Pallas, I. c. tab. 20. 



Inhabits Deserts of Tartary, and probably a considerable 

 part of South Western Asia. 



617. 3. D. Brachyurus (Striped Jerboa.) Pale yellow, 

 varied with brown above, and white underneath ; a white 

 stripe across the buttocks ; muzzle white at the extremity, 

 brown above; tail and limbs rather thick ; ears short ; hind 

 feet with five toes, the three internal of equal length. 

 Nearly five inches long ; tail rather longer. 



Mus Jaculus, var. B. Pallas, Glires, 297. Dipus Bra- 

 chyurus, Blainville. Desmarest, Noui\ Diet. d'Hist. Nat. 



Icon. 



Inhabits Eastern Tartary and Siberia. 



618. 4. D. Minutus (Little Jerboa.) Pale yellowish- 

 gray, varied with brown above, and white underneath ; the 

 extremities, and a transverse stripe on the buttocks, white ; 

 muzzle like the back ; hinder feet pentadactylous, with the 

 three intermediate nails equal in length. Length under 

 five inches ; tail rather longer. 



Dipus Jaculus, var. minor, Pallas, Glires, 296. Dipus 

 Minimus, Blainville. Desmarest. Nouv. Diet, d'Hist. Nat. 

 Icon. 



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