MAMMALIA. 4I 



MUS ELEGANS. 



Plate XII. 



Mus elegans, WaterL, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London for February 1837, p. 19. 

 Eligmodontia typus, F. Cuvier, Annales des Sciences Naturelles for March 1837. Tom. 7- p. 1G9. PI. 5. 



M. supra Jiavus, vellere pilis fuscescentibus adsperso, his ad latera, et prope oculos 

 rarioribus ; pilis pone aurem utramque, labiis, corpore subtiis, pedibusque niveis ; 

 auribus magnis ; caudd capite corporeque paulo longiore ; tarsis longis subtiis jrilis 

 obsitis. 



Description. — Fur very long and soft ; general colour of the upper parts of the 

 body pale brownish yellow ; the lower portion of the cheeks, and the under 

 parts of the body pure white : the hairs of the ordinary fur of the back 

 are gray at the base, pale ochre near the apex, and brown at the apex ; the 

 longer hairs are brownish. On the sides of the body where the longer hairs 

 are less numerous, the pale ochre colour prevails ; the hairs on this part as on 

 the back are deep gray at the base, but at a short distance from the apex 

 they are white ; nearer the tip shaded into yellow, and at the tip brownish : 

 the limbs externally are of a pale yellow colour. The hairs of the throat and 

 chest are pure white to the root, those on the belly are obscurely tinted with 

 gray at the root. The feet are of a pale flesh-colour, and furnished with 

 white hairs ; the fore feet are of moderate size ; the thumb nail is small and 

 rounded, and the carpal tubercle is covered with hairs ; the tarsi are long, 

 and the white hairs extend over the whole of the under parts ; the under 

 side of the toes, however, are but sparingly furnished. There appears to be 

 but one large tubercle on the under side of the tarsus, and this, which is 

 situated near the base of the toes, is thickly covered with silvery-white 

 hairs. The tail is long, pale brown above, and pale flesh-colour beneath ; 

 above, it is furnished with minute brown hairs, and on the under side with 

 white hairs. The ears are rather large, of a pale flesh colour, tolerably 

 well clothed with hairs, which are of a pale yellow colour on the inner side, 

 and white on the outer side — excepting on the fore part, where they are 

 brown. A small tuft of white hairs springs from the base of the ear 

 posteriorly. The hairs of the moustaches are moderate ; black at the base, 

 and grayish at the apex. 



