MAMMALIA. 
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MUS ELEGANS. 
Plate XII. 
Mus elegans, Waterh ., 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. 169. PI. 5. 
M. supra flavus, 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 pilis 
obsilis. 
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. 
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