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, LIlSfEATED MOUSE. 



Mus Pumilio. M. Cauda mediocn nudiuscula, corpore ex fusco 

 cinereo, f route nigra et lineis quatuor dorsalihus nigris. Lin, 

 Syst, Nat. Gmel. p. 131. 



Cinereous-brown Mouse^ -with black front, four black dorsal 

 lines, and nearly naked tail of middling length. 



This small and elegant species was first de- 

 scribed by Sparman, and is a native of the forest 

 regions on the Slangen river, a great way east- 

 ward from the Cape of Good Hope. It is one of 

 the least of the genus, being little more than two 

 inches long from nose to tail. Its colom's and 

 other particulars are sufficiently described in the 

 specific character. 



STRIATED MOUSEf. 



Mus Striatus. M. cauda longiusada siihfiuda, corporis striis plu^ 

 rimis paralklis albo-guttatis. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 131. 



Rufous-brown Mouse, with longish naked tail, and the body 

 marked by several longituditial rows of white spots, 



Mus orientalis. Seb. 2. p. 22. t. 21./. 2. 



Mus Cauda lofiga, striis corporis longitudinalibus ex punctis alb'u. 

 Lin. Mus. Ad. Frid. i.p. 10. 



This beautiful little animal was first described 

 and figured by Seba, from whom other authors 

 have taken their descriptions. It is about half 

 the size of a common mouse, and is of a rufous 

 or fulvous colour, with several parallel rows of 



