SrF.CiK.S OF MAMMALIA. 



character of the teeth in his work on the Teeth of Quadru- 

 peds. 



620. 1. G. Tamariciiius (Tamarisk Gerbil.) Yellowish- 

 gray above, white underneath ; tail about as long as the 

 body, annulated gray and brown ; body about seven inches 

 long. ! 



Mus Tamaricinus, Pallas, GliTes, 322. 



Sciurus Tamaricinus, Erxleb. Dipus Tamaricinus, G;/z. 

 Myoxus Tamaricinus, Desmarest, Nouv. Diet. (THist. Nat. 

 \st ed. Gerbillus Tamaricinus, ejusd. '2d ed., et Ency. 

 Method. Art. Mammalogie, Sp. 513. 



Tamarisk Rat, Pen. Quad. ii. 175. Tamarisk Jerboa, 

 Shaw, Zool. II. p. 1. 191. 



Icon. Pallas, I. c.pl. 19. Schreb. tab. 232. 



Inhabits the vicinity of the Caspian. 



621. 2. G. Indicus (Indian Gerbil.) Red-brown above, 

 sprinkled with small brown spots, disposed in longitudinal 

 lines; white underneath ; tail a little longer than the body, 

 brown, terminated by a tuft, about seven inches long. 



Yerbua Indica, Hardwicks, Trans. Lin. Soc. t. viir. 

 279. 

 Icon. Nouv. Bull. Soc. Philom. v. 35. 121. jjI. 1. /. 1. 

 Inhabits Hindostan. 



622. 3. G. Meridianus, (Torrid Gerbil.) Grayish- 

 yellow above, white underneath, with a central line of red- 

 brown ; limbs white; about five inches long ; tail between 

 three and four. 



Mus Meridianus, Pallas, Glires, 314. 



Le Jird, Vicq. d'Azyr. Syst. des. Anim. t. ii. 413. 



Icon. Pallas, I. c. pi. 18, B. 



Inhabits the deserts near the Volga. 



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