■z$z MAMMALIA, CURES, Hats and Mice, 



506 32. Labradore Moufe.— -30. Mus hudfotiius. 31. 



The tail is very fhort ; has no external ears ; the feet have each five toes ; the back is 

 marked with a dnfky ftripe, and each fide with a yellowilh tawny line ; the bread 

 and belly are whitifh. Pallas, Glir. 209. Schreber, iv. 691. t. cxcvi. 

 Hudfon's Moufe. Perm. hift. of quad. n. 319. Arch zool. n. 64. 



Inhabits the country of Labradore. — The muzzle is furnifhed with llender brown whifkers ; the 

 fur is very foft and fine; the upper parts are of an afh colour, tinged with tawny on the back, having 

 a dufky line along the fpine, and a pale tawny ftripe along each fide ; the belly is of a pale afh co- 

 lour ; the limbs are very fhort, and the fore feet are ftrongly made, having the two middle claws of 

 the male very firong and divided at the end ; the claws of the fkins which, from being fmaller, are 

 fuppofed to belong to the females, are fmall ; the tail is very fhort, and is terminated with a tuft of 

 ftiff briftles ; the body and head meafure about five inches. 



5°7 33' Lena Moufe. — Mus lenae. 



Of a white colour : Has a fhort tail thickly covered with coarfe hair ; fhort rounded 

 ears ; five toes before and four behind. Perm. Arct. zool. L 137. D. 



Mus Gmelini. Pall. nov. fp. an. 195. 



Inhabits the borders of the Icy Sea, efpecially where the Lena falls into it. — The body and head 

 meafure a little more than three inches, the tail not quite one ; the body, which is thick, broad, and 

 equal, is covered with longifh fur, which is afh coloured at the roots, and white at the ends ; the 

 cheeks are afh coloured, and the chin dufky : The claws on the fore feet are white, and very ftrong; 

 thofe on the hind feet are much weaker. This fpecies appears and difappears fuddenly ; it feeds on 

 the roots of different mofles, and is preyed on by the Arctic foxes ; it probably extends to the river 

 Jenifei, as in that diftrict two forts of Mice are found, one, in all probability this, is entirely whiter 

 and the other, probably the Lemming, is black, yellow, and white. 



508 34. Kamtfchatka Moufe. — Mus Tfchelag, 



Of a fmall fize, but not fufficiently defcribed. Penn. Ar<St. zooh i. 138. F. 

 Tfchelagatchitch. Defer, of Kamtfchatka, 392. 



Inhabits Kamtfchatka. — Frequents the houfes, and is fe* bold that it takes away any thing and eats 

 k quietly at the door. 



*** H AMSTERS.— C RICE TI *. 



Having pouches in the cheeks, and fhort hairy tails. 



509 1. Siberian Hamfter. — 32. M. Cricetus Acredula. 33. 



Has large, oblong, oval, furrowed ears ; the upper parts of the body are of a yellowifh 



and 



• Called Marts buccati } in the Syftema Naturae, 



