MAMMALIA. -GLIRES. Jerboa. 275 



591 c. Smaller Siberian Jerboa. — D.fibiricus minor. 



Of the fame fize and colour with the former, but having a more lengthened nofe. 



Penn. hift. of quad. p. 429. 



The ears are fliorter and broader ; the tail is thicker, and not fo handfomely tufted ; the hind 

 legs are fliorter ; and the fur is longer and thicker. — Thefe two varieties, b. and c. are found in the 

 eaftern parts of Tartary and Siberia beyond Lake Baikal •, alio in Barbary, Syria, and India. 



592 d. Pigmy Siberian Jerboa. — D. fbiricus pumUio. 



Is far fmaller than the two former varieties. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 292. y. 



'It refembles the firft variety, a. ; only that it wants the white circle on the nofe ; the tuft on the 

 tail is fmaller, and is barely tipt with white. — This variety inhabits the fame places with the firft, or 

 great variety, a. 



593 3. Cape Jerboa.— 3. Dipus cafer. 3. 



Has four toes on the hind feet, and five before. Schreber, iv. t. cexxx. Pallas, Glir. 87. 

 n. 29. 



Yerbua caperifis, or Cape Jerboa. J. R. Forfter, and Sparrman, Aft. Stock. 1 778, ii. n. 3. and 

 4. t. 3. Miller on var. fubj. t. xxxi. A. B. — Grand Gerboa. Allamand, in ed. Buff. Hoi. xv. 1 18. 

 Journal Hiftor. 59. — Cape Jerboa. Penn. hift. df quad. n. 293. 



Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. — This fpecies is larger than any of the former, being fourteen 

 inches long, the tail fifteen, and the ears three. On the upper parts of the body it is of a bright chef- 

 nut colour, interfperfed with long hairs, having black tips ; the lower parts are yellowifh white ; the 

 head is more oblong than in the former fpecies, the fnout (harper, the ears longer, and the claws, e- 

 fpecially on the fore feet, much longer ; the tail is very hairy, -and is tipt with black. This animal is 

 called Aerdmannefje, or Little Earth Man, and Springen Haas, or Leaping Hare, by the Dutch at the 

 Cape ; it is very ftrong, and leaps twenty or thirty feet at one bound; it burrows with its fore feet ; 

 it fleeps fitting on its hind legs, with the knees feparated, the head between the hind le^s, and hold- 

 ing its ears with the fore paws over its eyes. It is caught by pouring water into its hole, which forces 

 it to come out ; has a grunting voice ; and is eaten by the natives. 



594 4. Cafpian Jeiboa.«— 4. Dipus meridianus. 4. 



Has five toes behind, and three before, with the rudiments of a thumb or inner toe. 



Schreber, iv. t. cexxxi. 



Mus longipes, or Long-legged Moufe, having five toes behind, four before, very long hind 

 legs, and a long hairy tail. Syft. nat. ed. xii. i. 84. n. 19. Pallas, Glir. 88. n. 30. t. xviii. B. Muf. 

 ad Fr. i. 9 — Mus meridianus, or Southern Moufe. Pallas, It. ii. 702.— Jaculus, or Jerboa, with 

 four toes before and five behind. Erxleb. mam. 409.— Torrid Jerboa. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 294. 



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