NATURAL HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA 



2. Otomys irroratus troficalis, Thos. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), 



10, p. 314 (1902). 



3. Otomys irroratus auratus, Wrought, jinn. Mag. Nat. Hist. 



(7), 18, p. 272 (1906). 



4. Otomys irroratus cufreus. Wrought. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 



(7), 18, p. 273 (1906). 



5. Otomys laminatus, Thos. and Schw. P.Z.S., 1905, i. p. 267. 



6. Otomys unisulcatus typicus, F. Cuv. Bush Otomys. 



7. Otomys unisulcatus granti, Thos. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), 



10, p. 312 (1902). 



8. Otomys sloggetti, Thos. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), 10, p. 311 



(1902). 



9. Otomys broUfni, Thos. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), 10, p. 313 



(1902). 



10. Otomys brantsi, A. Smith. Brants' Otomys. 



11. Otomys turneri. Wrought. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), 20, 



p. 31 (1907). 



Sub-family : Dendromyints 

 (The Tree Mice) 



Mouse-like animals, small and elegant with long scaly tails 

 sparsely covered with hairs. Hind limbs not elongated as is the 

 case with the members of the preceding sub-family. Molar teeth 

 with tubercles or cusps arranged in pairs more or less. 



These Tree Mice are confined to Africa. 



South African species 



1. Dendromys pumilio, Wagn. The Small Tree Mouse. 



2. Dendromys jamesoni. Wrought. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), 3, 



p. 247 (1909). 



3. Dendromys nigrifrons, True. Proc. U.S. Nat. Hist. 15, p. 462, 



fig- 2 (1892). 



4. Dendromys mesomelas. Brants. Chestnut Tree Mouse. 



5. Dendromys melanotis, A. Smith. Grey Tree Mouse. 



6. Dendromys lon^icaudatus, Roberts. Ann. Trans. Mus.,iv. 1913, 



p. 83. 



7. Dendromys ayresi, Roberts. Ann. Trans. Mus., iv. 191 3, p. 83. 

 I. Steatomys pratensis, Pet. The Fat Mouse. 



1. Malacothrix typicus, A. Smith. Mouse Gerbille. 



2. Malacothrix pentonyx, W. Scl. Small-eared Mouse Gerbille. 



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