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SAND RAT. 



inches ; and the tail about three quarters of an 

 inch : the upper parts of the body are of a cine- 

 reous yellow mixed with brown, and the under 

 parts whitish : the face also is whitish : the snout 

 is blunt, the ears moderately large, the eyes full, 

 and the body short and thick. On the fore-feet 

 are four toes, and on the hind-feet five, all fur- 

 nished with claws of moderate strength. This 

 animal is said to make its excursions for food 

 chiefly by night, confining itself during the great- 

 est part of the day to its burrow. 



SAND RAT. 



Mus Arenarius. M. huccis sacculiferis, corpore cinereo later ibus 

 subtusque albo, Cauda pedibusque albis, Lin, Si/st. Nat. Gmel. 

 p. 139. Fall, Glir, p. 265. 



Cinereous pouched Rat, with the feet, sides of the body, abdo- 

 men, and tail, white. 



Sand Rat. Pennant Quadr. 2. p, 211. 



The Sand Rat is about four inches in lengthy 

 with a tail about one inch or rather more : the 

 head is longish and the snout sharp ; the cheek- 

 pouches large, the ears large and oval, and 

 the eyes rather small : the colour of the upper 

 part of the body is hoary or cinereous, and of 

 the under pure white; the tail is also white. It 

 is an inhabitant of the sandy plains of Baraba, 

 near the Siberian river Irtish, where it forms deep 

 burrows, at the bottom of which is a nest com- 



