2 3 * MAMMALIA. GLIDES. Rats and Mice. 



475 ft. Yellow Minute Moufe. — Mus minuttis Jlavus. 



Is elegantly yellowifh coloured on the upper parts, and pure white on the under parts, 

 of 'the body. Syft. nat. ed. Gmel. i. p. 130, 



Inhabits Siberia. — This Variety is exceedingly beautiful. 



476 11. Shrew-like Moufe. — 11. Mus foric'imu. 10. 



The tail is of a middle length and .fomewhat hairy ; the fnout is lengthened ; the ears 

 are rounded and hairy ; the upper parts of the body are of a yellowifh grey colour, 

 and the lower parts whitifh. Schreber, iv. 661. t. clxxxiii. B. 



Inhabits the neighbourhod of Strafburgh in Germany. — This fpecies was difcovered by Profeflbr 

 Herman : It is fcarcely two inches and a half long ; the fnout has feven rows of whifkers ; the fore 

 feet have four toes each, and a tubercle in place of a thumb, the hind feet five toes, all armed with 

 very fmall claws ; the tail is all over of a mixed yellowifh and afh colour, being rather more hairy 

 on its under furface. 



477 12 - "Wandering Moufe. — 12. Mus vagus. 14. 



The tail is very long and almoft naked ; the colour of the upper parts of the body is 

 a pale afh, waved with black, and having a black line along the middle of the back ; 

 the ears are large, oval, naked, and plaited. Pallas, glir. 90. ri. 36. and p. 327. t. 22. f. 2. 

 .Schreber, iv. 663. t. clxxxiv. f. 2. 



Mus fubtilis, or Cunning Moufe. Pallas, It. ii. 7051 h. 11. «. — Wandering Moufe. Penn. hilt, 

 of quad. n. 308. 



J 

 Inhabits the deferts of Tartary, and in Siberia, as high as the Ural, Irtifh, Oby, and Jenifei. — Is 



•frequent in the birch woods, and lives in fifTures of rocks, under ftones, and in hollows of trees,; 

 feeding chiefly on feeds, and likewife on fmall animals of the fame genus. It wanders about in great 

 flocks, migrating from one place to another in the night ; hybernates during winter, and is of a very 

 chilly nature, fo as even to become torpid and fall afleep, in a round form, in the cold nights of the 

 month of June. It is between two and three inches long, the tail being almoft three, and weighs 

 two drams; the legs are very flender, and the feet whitifh, having four toes, and a conical excref- 

 fence, before, and five behind, all armed with long claws ; the tail is longer than the body, very 

 •Gender, prehenfile at the end, of an afh colour above and whitifh below; the head is oblong, with 

 a blunt nofe reddifh at the tip, having yellow fore-teeth, and only two grinders on each fide in the 

 upper jaw. The female has eight teats. 



478 13. Beech Moufe. — 13. Mus betulinus. 15. 



Has a very long and almoft naked tail ; the upper parts of the body are tawny, with a 

 black line along the back, the under parts whitifh, or pale afh colour; the ears -brift- 



ly at the ends. Pallas, Glir. 90. n. 35. and p. 332. t. 22. f. 1. Schreber, iv. 664. t. clxxxiv. f. 1. 



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