MUS LEHOCLA.— Smith. 
Mammalia. — Plate XLYII. Fig. 1. Male, 
M. superne, pallide rufus subnigro penicillatus, inferno rufo-albus ; auribus magnis, expansis, fere nudis, 
margine externo semicirculari ; pilis rigidis ; cauda longa subnudaque. 
Longitcdo capitis corporisque 4 unc. 9 lin. ; caudso 5 unc. 
Mus Lehocla. Report of Expedition into Interior of South Africa, App. p. 43, 1 837. 
Colour. — Head, back, and sides, pale buff orange, or light sienna-yellow. 
The middle of the head, of the back, and the upper parts of the sides freely 
pencilled with liver-brown ; the outsides of the extremities the same colour as 
the sides, the dark hairs only less abundant. The lower parts of the sides, 
the belly, the throat, the chin, and the inner sides of the extremities rusty 
white ; ears pale purplish brown, with a scanty sprinkling of liver-brown 
hair ; eyebrows white ; whiskers pale brownish red ; tail intermediate 
between light brownish red and yellowish brown ; eyes black ; incisor teeth of 
both jaws pale yellow. 
Form, &c. — Head rather long, posteriorly of moderate width, anteriorly 
narrow and tapered ; apex of nose subacute and immediately behind the 
point the parts bulge considerably, having in this respect more of the cha- 
racter of a rat than of a mouse. Ears short, broad, and patulous, the outer 
edge subovate or semicircular. Eyes large and prominent. Whiskers mode- 
rately bushy, hairs rather long and somewhat rigid. Body moderately 
robust ; limbs rather long ; toes and nails of fore feet rather short, nails of 
hinder feet long and curved ; tail long and thinly coated with short rigid 
hair; hair of the head and body long, closely set, and slightly rigid, re- 
sembling in its nature that of a rat; incisors of upper jaw short, slightly 
curved, and moderately robust ; of lower jaw long, slightly arched and 
slender. 
DIMENSIONS. 
Inches. Lines. 
Inches. Lines. 
Length from tip of nose to base of tail 4 9 
of tail 5 0 
Length of tarsus, toes, and claws of 
hinder extremities 
Height of animal when standing 
0 10 
2 0 
