GERBILLUS AURICULARIS.— Smiih. 
Mammalia.— Plate XXVI.— Male and Female. 
»„ pA fulvus, infra albu,; capita .upra, ta, ca.dSqne l - l ** ' *» •»* ** *“ 
utramque. Oculis profunde brunneis. Cauda brcvi. 
Longitudo corporis cum capite 4 unc. 10 lin , caudee 3 unc. o 
Ge „ auriculakis. — S mith, South African Quarterly Journal, No. 2, New Series, March 1834. 
ta»„ ..avcannaa™, P. Cuv.-T»r»oti.«. of the Zoological S«,,ty of 
London, Partii. vol. 2, page 144 ; 183G. 
Colour . — Male. — The upper surface of the muzzle and head reddish 
orange, deadened with a faint shade of brown; the back and sit e 
body intermediate between ochre and sienna-yellow, the former distinctly, the 
latter indistinctly variegated with delicate short str.ee of an umber brown 
hue ; the fur of these parts is tricoloured, being of a dull slate hue towards the 
base, ochry yellow in the middle, and dark brown at the suiface. The sit es 
of the muzzle, the eyebrows, the sides of the head, the whole of the tore legs, 
the tarsi of the hinder legs, and the under surface of the neck and body, all 
pure white, except the tarsi, which are slightly tinted with grey. The tail 
and outer surface of the hinder legs, towards the body, the same coloui as 
the sides, the under surface of the former rather lightest. Ears a pale flesh 
colour, and behind each a broad tuft of long white hair, most distinctly seen 
when on the animal’s being excited, the ears are erect. Whiskers brown- 
ish red. Eyes deep umber brown. Claws pale yellowish brown. 
Form, &c.— Figure short and thick; muzzle slender, head moderately 
broad. Ears rather small, subovate, semicircular at the points, and nearly 
destitute of fur. Legs short, and rather slender. Tail robust, tapered from 
the base and thickly covered with short, recumbent, wiry hair. The incisors 
f unner jaw slightly arched, and each with a central longitudinal groove 
Lcriorlv the incisors of the lower jaw compressed, slender, subhorizontal, or 
lv slightly curved and without grooves. The first or anterior molar of each 
kw largest the last smallest ; the first of the upper and lower jaw are formed 
nemiv alike the crown of each consists of three distinct port.ons separated 
from each other by two deep transverse fossa, the first portion » somewhat 
cylindrical, with a cup-shaped cavity at its summ.t, round winch ts an edgmg 
