MUS DORSALIS.— Smith. 
Mammalia.— Plate XLVI. Fig. 2. 
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Longitudo e nas. apice ad basin caud* 4 nnc. ; caudee 4 unc. 6 Iin. 
thfbacr th e C ^d The T f r e COlOUr ° f the Upper and lateral parts of the head - 
back, the sides, and the outer surface of the extremities a pale buff nr 
bro 181 ° range ’ P rofusel y pencilled with liver-brown: the back with a liver 
betw * en the >“» of the neck 
. .. . . 1 ' *P S ’ C l,ll > space round angles of mouth throat 
belly, and inner surface of extremities, rusty white ■ leas toward , 
sienna-yellow ; muzzle an uniform rusty Lte^lloT- eT^LTsh 
oiange; ears antenorly and posteriorly deep reddish orange. Eyes live, 
brown. Hair towards the root slate-coloured. * 
Form, &c -Figure rather robust ; head, posteriorly, broad ; anteriorly 
narrow and tapered. Muzzle rather full, compressed, and slightly Tb, n t’ 
Ears rather large, and posteriorly semicircular HinrW * g 7 USe> 
and rather long. Hair ‘of head.Lk, 
:!“r herSOft; -.air of tail shfrt ’ri^d mld 
Length from tip of nose to base of tail . 4 o 
of tail 4 g 
DIMENSIONS. 
Inches. Lines. 
Length of tarsus, toes, and claws of 
hinder extremities j 
Height of animal when standing i 
Inches. Lines, 
2 
o - 10 
th“^r:i:7r ,y V7 ]y Within the llmitS of b«t abundantly beyond 
rtlylld I bulk f °b "I - / tHe Greal ° ran§e RiVCr - The Width 0f ita head poste- 
from Mas V ° ° “7 * fUrn ' Sh characters whlch enabl e «« readily to distinguish it 
haT aTd I' 6V8n , W ^ tating lnt ° 3CC0Unt thG S reater rigidity of its 
hair, and the existence only of one dark stripe along the back. * 
