DENDROMYS MELANOTIS. 
The incisor teeth of the upper jaw each have a deep longitudinal groove, 
the cutting edge is slightly emarginate ; those of the lower jaw are plain 
and pointed. 
DIMENSIONS. 
Inch. Lines. 
Length from the point of the nose to the 
base of the tail 3 0 
of the tail 2 6 
of the head o 11 
Length of the fore-legs 
of the hind-legs 
Height when standing 
The colours of the Male and Female are nearly the same. 
Inch. Lines. 
0 8 
1 4 
1 4 
The only examples of this species which I have seen were procured about three hundred 
miles to the eastward of the Cape Colony, and all of them were upon underwood at the time 
they were obtained. Though it would appear that they are generally found upon shrubs, yet 
I am disposed to believe they also resort to the ground, and that probably they have their 
subterranean retreats to which they fly in case of danger, as one individual which I dis- 
covered upon a small shrub manifested a decided inclination to descend to the ground, and 
it would have accomplished its object, had it not been killed just as it was about to abandon 
the lowermost twig. 
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