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Mus fubtilis, or Cunning Moufe. Pallas, It. ii. 705. n, II. p. — Beech Moufe. Penn. hill, of 

 quad. n. 309. 



Inhabits the birch woods in the defert plains of Ifchim and Baraba, and between the Oby and Jc- 

 nifei, — Lives folitarily, frequenting the hollows of decayed trees ; runs up trees readily, and fattens 

 on their branches with its tail, and by means of .its flender fingers, or toes, it can fallen even to 

 a very fmooth furface : This fpecies has confiderable refemblance to the Wandering Moufe, but is 

 Tomewhat fmaller ; the nofe is fharp, with a red tip ; the ears are fmall, ova!, plaited, brown, and 

 briftly at the ends ; the limbs are very flender, with long, and very feparable toes; the tail is flender, 

 •arid much longer than the body, being brown above and whitifh underneath. The Beech Moufe is 

 very delicate, and foon grows torpid in cold weather ; its voice is very weak. 



.479 14. Dwarf Moufe. — 14. Mus pumilio. 18. 



The tail is of a middle length, and almofl naked ; the general colour is a brownilh 

 afh, with the fore-head and nape of the neck black ; and having four black lines 

 -along the back, meeting at the tail. Sparrman, act. Stockholm, 1784, 239. t. vi. 



Dwarf Moufe. Sparrman, voy. to Cape of Good Hope, Eng. ed. 1785, app. to vol. ii. 347. t. vii. 



Inhabits the forefts of Sitfkamma near Slangen river, two hundred hours journey eaft from the Cape 

 of Good Hope. — This fpecies is fcarcely two inches long, the tail is about two-thirds of the length of 

 the body, and the whole animal, even when fteeped many months in fpirits, hardly weighs four fcru- 

 ples. The body is fomewhat flattened; the regions of the eyes, the ears, and the nofe, are of a paler 

 colour than the reft of the body ; all the feet have five toes, the thumb or inner toe of the fore feet 

 being very fmall, but diftinctly furnifhed with a claw ; the legs and feet are ftrongly made ; the tail 

 is almoft naked, and of a pale afh colour. 



480 15- Striped Moufe. — 15. Mus Jlriatus . 19. 



The tail is long, and almoft naked ; the body is elegantly marked with twelve rows of 

 fmall white fpots. Pallas, Glir. 90. n. 37. 



Moufe, with a long and almoft naked tail ; having four toes before and five behind ; the body 

 marked with rows of fpots. Syft. nat. ed. xii. i. 84.- Muf. ad. Fr. i. 10. — .Mus orientalis, or Oriezi- 

 tal Moufe, with a long tail, of a reddifh colour, and marked on the back with rows of pearl co- 

 loured fpots. Brifl". quad. 175. n. 10. Seba, Muf. ii. 22. t. 21. f. 2 — Oriental Moufe. Penn. hift. 

 of quad. n. 304. Pallas, Glir. n. 97. Nat. mifc. pi. 73. 



Inhabits India. — This fpecies is about half the fize of the Common Moufe, and the tail is of the 

 fame length with the body ; the upper parts of the body are of a brownifh grey colour, the lower 

 parts whitifh -, the ears -are fhort, round, and naked. 



481 /3. Cherofo. — Mus mofchatus. 



In the fame country, and in Guinea, is another very fmall fpecies of Moufe, not fufficiently de- 

 fcribed, which fmells of mufk. It is called by the Portuguefe, who fay its bite is venomous, Cherofo. 

 Penn. hift. of quad. p. 446. Boullaye la Gouz. 256. Barbot, Guinea. 214. 



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