MIS COLONUS.— Licht. 
Mammalia.— Plate XLVII. Fig. 3. 
31. superne flavo-brunneus nigro bmnneo-penicillatus, infra griseo-albus ; mento-guttereque albis ; cauda 
superne brunnea infra alba ; auribus ovatis, singulorum apice semicirculari. 
Longitddo capitis corporisqne 3 unc. 6 lin. ; cauda; 2 unc. 6 lin. 
Mus Colonus, Smith, South African Quarterly Journal. 
Colour. — The ground colour of the upper parts of the head, the neck, and 
all the back, pale yellowish brown, pencilled profusely with liver-brown ; the 
sides of the head, neck, body, and the outer surface of the extremities towards 
the body wood-brown, the two last sparingly pencilled with brown ; belly, 
insides of extremities and tarsi, pale rufous white \ chin and throat white. 
Hair on outer surface of ears rufous, on inner surface brownish red ; whiskers 
vaiiegated liver-brown and yellowish brown. Eyes black. Incisor teeth of 
upper jaw Dutch-orange, of lower pale straw-yellow. Tail, above umber- 
brown, beneath dirty white. 
Form, &c. — Figure rather robust ; head posteriorly moderately broad, 
anteriorly pointed. Ears oval, the apex of each nearly semicircular, the 
external and internal surfaces coated thinly with short and rigid hair. Legs 
shoit, nails short, strong, curved and blunt. The fur or hair of the back and 
head short and rather stiff, of the sides and under parts soft and downy. Tail 
covered with short rigid hair. Eyes large and prominent. 
DIMENSIONS. 
Inches. Lines. 
Length from the nose to the base of the Length of the fore legs 
- 3 6 Height when standing 
of the tail 2 6 
The colours of the male and female are nearly alike. 
Inhabits the eastern districts of the Cape Colony, and is found in localities coated with 
brushwood. It either resides in burrows under ground or in masses of decayed vegetable 
matter, which occur commonly in the situations it inhabits. 
Inches. Lines. 
... 0 7 
... 1 3 
