DENDROMYS TYPICUS.— Smith. 
Mammalia. — Plate XXXIY. Fig. J. 
D. supra subferrugineus, lines! longitudinali nigra inter lnicham et caudao basin ; labiis, partibus inferioribus 
extremitatibusque interne albis, pallide rufo-tinctis ; caudae pilis superne brunneis, subtus subalbidis ; 
oculis nigro-brunneis. 
Longitddo ab naso ad caudae basin, 4 unc. 6 lin . ; caudee, 5 unc. 
Dendbomys typicus, Zoological Journal, vol. iv. page 439. 1829. 
Colour. — The upper and lateral parts of the head, neck, and body yel- 
lowish brown strongly tinged with saffron-yellow ; the lips, the lower portion 
of the sides, the chin, throat, breast, belly, and inner surface of extremities 
white, faintly tinged with rufous. The hair of the ears the same colour as 
that of the back. Whiskers brown. Hair on the upper surface of the tail 
brown, on the lower surface whitish. Between the nape and the base of the 
tail there is a narrow blackish line which follows the course of the spinal 
column. Eyes blackish brown ; the upper incisor teeth pale ochre-yellow, 
the lower, whitish and semipellucid. The hairs of the head and body light 
blackish grey towards their roots ; those on the back and upper portion of 
the sides are of that colour till near their tips. 
Form, & c. — Figure slender and elongated. Head small and very narrow 
anteriorly ; the nose is almost pointed ; extremities slender, the fore ones 
very short, the hinder ones considerably more lengthened. Ears rather large 
and oval. The middle toe of the fore feet longer and stronger than the other 
two, the wart which supplies the place of the hinder toe small and obtusely 
pointed ; the outer toe of the hinder feet shortest, the next to it longest, the 
third rather shorter than the second, and the inner one shorter than the third, 
but rather longer than the outer one ; hinder toe very short, and consists of 
little more than the nail. Tail long, cylindrical, and rather smaller at the 
point than at the base, it is distinctly ringed and each ring consists of a series 
of small scales. Nails rather short and slightly curved. The fur of the head 
and body is long, soft, silky, and recumbent, that on both surfaces of the ears 
and on the lower joint of the leg short ; on the tail the little which exists is 
short and rather rigid. 
