MAMMALIA. 
53 
f’dvn 8, subtus^ // • ^ ac triano, se< % minor, ccmcla breviore, crassiusculd, setosd, supra jusco- 
<; ° n 8ervati ) a r lc Us > a uriculis ovalibus majmculis pilosis. Long. ( exempli in spiritu vini 
} osho ad basin caudce 2' 3, caudce 2, auricula O'b, plantce O' 65 poll. 
36. Mus pachycercus. PI. IX, Pig 2 ; PL Xb, Pig 4. 
W. Blanf., J. A. S. B., 1875, xliv. Part 2, 
108. 
L Sa 
^ v'" l- ; 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Yarkand ; 11, Yaugihissar ; 12, no label ; — all skins, except two from 
ai 'and, which are preserved in spirit. 
-tint 
p , are p 
U)i °ur above s-nwU. i 
the sides, T dy ' Wn 
(aum *3?? parts ^ darker in some skins than in others, and is occasionally slightly greyish 
11 l on the sides “""“^.y-orown to hair-brown, becoming in some specimens pale and rufes- 
°i the urm m . lui der parts white, the colours distinctly separate on the sides. The colour 
Pur 
JUs e-brown) l 
lately S0 ft 7 USUally of a more sandy or yellowish tint like M. bactrianus 
jdackish slaty ■ i° n S> (O' 3 to 0'35 inch on the middle of the back,) the basal portion 
iml “ ’ . * s the c °lour of at least three-fourths of the length on the upper parts ; 
the 
hai 
term 
Ulal portion 
■' u,1| ‘s with hi 'i"- 11101 . 1 1IL Scneral is light brown, from sandy to light liair-brown, many longer 
throughout a° l 'l )s being scattered amongst the fur. On the breast the fur is white 
SaitlG eol OLtl ! 011 the abdomen only the extreme base is dark. Upper part of the head the 
lllUc h to exeon 1 +i ^ ack ’ Askers mostly black, only the lowest being white, none appear 
Posterior p 0rt ;° t ie llea d in length. Ears large, rounded, hairy ; the hairs covering all the 
,‘ airs ten. +i7° n ° f tlle mside are short and brown and rather thinly scattered; some longer 
hasG of + 1 . ‘ anterior margin; on the outside the hairs are even shorter except towards the 
.’ Av i lcre they are longer and pale in colour. Peet pretty thickly clad above 
ase of ii 
wifi , the ear, 
. 11 . ±uugcr ctJLill JJcllU 11L CU1UUI. X'UCt j 
^ 'di W ] i>f e ^an’S; soles naked. Tail thick, shorter than the body and head, thinly clad 
Th 
e skills^' throughout; the skin is dark on the upper surface, pale below. 
( . lil|(, c$ion s from T a ^° U ^ to 3 inches long (head and body) ; tail 2 to 2J. The following 
lal V, hut stilU] *° speeime ns in spirit are, of course, somewhat contracted, the ears espe- 
ie y are far more trust worthy than any taken on dried skins : — 
eial] 
L «stl, fKm nose to „ 
D °- of tail 
Tj. ear hom orifice . 
L e n ° f ’aid flat . 
l of fore-foot (palma) 
°f hind-foot and tarsus 
Inches. 
Inches. 
2-35 
2'3 
1-9 
2 
0-48 
0-5 
0-39 
0'4 
0-3 
0-3 
0-65 
0-65 
^ ls a ionger^k 1 p UtS ^‘85 inch in length by 0'47 in breadth ; the nasal bones are 0'32 long. 
in ^] 0r i° r palatir,!, 1 j, than that of M. bactrianus, with much longer nasal bones and longer 
This 
me foramina. The incisors are deep yellow. Length of upper molars 0T3 
a the house, jj llen tly a house-mouse, one specimen from Karglialik being labelled “ caught 
a n ^°rth.4st n . ° loseI y allied to M. bactrianus,' the house-mouse of Persia, Afghanistan 
thicker tail ' n< t' a ' It has the same sandy -brown colour in general, but it has a shorter 
llna > hut this is a”!* 110 f om> shewing some resemblance, is M. pygmaus 2 from Se-chuan in 
c ls tinguished by having much smaller ears and by not being white helow. 
! %th, J. A g R 
4- Milne.v f i xv, p. 140 ; xxxii, p. 347. — W. Blanford, Eastern Persia, ii, p. 56, PI. V, fig. 2. 
^s,Bech. Mam„p. 291, PI. XLIII, fig 1. 
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