172 MURID#,.—-CRICETUS, 
The Fawn-cotouzep Hapatoris. Hapalotis cervina. 
*qa, Skull. Australia. From Mr. Gould’s Collection. 
6, c. Skulls. 
Govtp’s Rassir Rat. Hapalotis gouldii. 
Cervical vertebre.............. 7 
Dorsal. wiwsin esas fescue deress 13 
Lumba? aa cceeduevex aeadaav 7 
ISACTAL Gudesoe laciaissetees a: tala ohio & 3 
Caidal: sccisace oy shay dics ted eauers 36 or 37 
a. Skeleton. Port Essington. From Mr. Gould’s Collection. 
’. Skull. 
CRICETUS. 
Teeth :—Incisors =; Molars = ;=16. 
The Hamster. Cricetus frumentarius. 
Cricetus vulgaris, Pander und D’ Alton, Vergleichende Osteologie, pl. 7 
(skeleton), ne 8 (skull).— Cuv., Oss. Foss. v. pl. 1. fig. 5 (teeth, 
young ).—Blasius, Faun. Wirb. Deutsch. p. 305. figs. 169, 170 (skull). 
—F. Cuv., Dents des Mamm. p. 170, no, 61 (dentition).— Fischer, 
Prodr. Cran. Comp. tab. 2. fig. 9 (skull), 1811. 
Hamster, Buff., Hist. Nat. xiii. p. 184. pl. 17 (skeleton). 
Cervical vertebre............-. 7 
DOns ale goon cise aeeccuacty assed escbnea es 13 
Lumbar ..............000005 6 
Sacral: cxeascakavud iy eee 3 
Caudal es sacesucreedex cures 16 or 17 
¥qa, Skull. Europe. 
b. Skull. From the Zoological Society’s Collection. 
ec. Skeleton, From Mr. Warwick’s Collection. 
. ee From the Zoological Society’s Collection. 
f,g. Skulls: ¢ 9. Silesia. From Dr. A. Giinther’s Collection. 
h. Skull. From the Zoological Society’s Collection. 
The Karueuna. Cricetus songarus. 
*qa, Skull. Siberia. 
The Gotpen Hamster. Cricetus auratus. 
Waterhouse, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839; Mag. Nat. Hist, 1889, p. 13. fig. e 
(skull). 
*a, Skull. Aleppo. From the Zoological Society’s Collection. 
Cricetus cinereus. 
*a. Skull. Erzeroom. From the Zoological Society’s Collection. 
