MAMMALIA. GEIRES. Rats and Mice. 237 



light grey and yellow on the fides, and whitifh on the belly. Pallas, Glir. 79.11. 17.. 

 and p. 246. t. xiv. B. Schreber, iv. 672. t. clxxxviii. 



Red Moufe. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 314. Arch zool. i. 136. B. 



Inhabits Siberia, from the Oby as far as Kamtfchatka, and within the Ar&ic circle. — The head and 

 body meafure fcarce four inches, and the tail a little more than one; the face and nofe are very brift- 

 ly ; the tail is hairy, yellowifh on its upper part, with a dufky line along its whole length, and white 

 below ; the ears are large, open, and naked, being tipt with a nifty coloured down : 1 his fpecies has 

 confiderable affinity to the Meadow Moufe, but the legs and feet are more hairy, and white ; it livea 

 in holes and hollows of trees ; feeding on grain, and fometimes on animals of the fame genus, likewifo 

 eats almoft of "every thing which comes in its way, and is fond of flefli ; it comes often into.houfes 

 and barns ; is very lively, and runs about, even on the fnow, the whole winter. 



494 j8. LefTer Red Moufe. — Mus rulilus minor. 



A fmaller variety of this fpecies has been found about Cafan,.and in the botanical garden at Goct- 

 tingen in Germany. 



495 24. Gregarious Moufe. — 22. Mus gregalis. 25. 



Has a fiiort tail ; the ears are longer than the fur ; the fore feet have each three toes 

 and the rudiments of a fourth ; the fur is dark afh coloured on the upper parts, and 

 whitifh below. Pallas, Glir. 79. n. i<5. and 238. Schreber, iv. 674. t. clxxxix. 



Gregarious Moufe. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 323. 



Inhabits the eaftern parts of Siberia. — Dwells in arid places, forming burrows, with numerous open- - 

 ings, direftly under the fod ; thefe lead to chambers, in which it lays up large ftores of roots, efpe- 

 cially thofe of the Lilium pomponii and garlic: This fpecies is lefs than the next, or Economic Moufe, 

 and longer than the Social; the female being near five inches long, and the male about an inch fhort- 

 er ; the nofe is blunt, with a. fmall mouth, and naked ears which appear above the fur ; the hair on 

 the upper parts of the body is black at the roots and tips, and ferruginous in the middle; the throat, 

 belly, legs, and feet, are whitifh ; the tail. is covered with thin white hairs, being tipt with black and. 

 afh colour : It eats fitting up. 



4.96 25., Economic Moufe.-— 23, Mus osconomus. 26. 



The tail is fhort ; the ears are naked and hid in the fur ; the colour is tawny j. and the; 

 fore feet have each three toes with the rudiments of a fourth. Pallas, Glir. 79. n. 15.- 

 and p. 225. t. xiv. A. and It. iii. 692. n. 4. Schreber, iv. 675. t. cxc. 



GEconomic Moufe. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 313. Arch zool. i. 134. A. Georgi, It. 161.— Te- 

 goulichitck. Defer, of Kamtfchat. Eng. ed. 104. 



Inhabits Siberia, from the river Irtilh eaftwards, in Kamtfchatka, and under the Archc circle. — 

 The eyes are fmall ; the ears naked, and almoft hid in the. fur; the teeth are very tawny - y the colour- 



