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ARVICOLA NASUTA . — A u d. and Bach. 
Sharp-nosed Arvicola. 
PLATE CXLIV. Fig. 2. — Male. — Natural Size. 
A. A. Pennsylvanica longior, cauda, capite, breviore ; pedibus, tenuibus ; 
calcc brevissima ; corpore supra, ferrugineo-fusco ; subtus ex cinereo et 
flavo variegato. 
CHARACTERS. 
Larger than Arvicola Pennsylvanica; tail shorter than the head; legs 
small and slender ; heel very short; body above , dark rusty brown, soiled 
yellowish-gray beneath. 
DESCRIPTION. 
The head of this species is rather longer and the nose sharper than in 
the Arvicolse in general ; the lower incisors are long and very much 
curved ; the body is less cylindrical than that of Wilson’s Meadow-Mouse ; 
ears, circular, sparingly hairy within, and well covered with fur exte- 
riorly ; whiskers, shorter than the head ; tail, thinly covered with hair. 
The legs are rather slender, and are covered with short hairs ; the fore- 
feet have naked palms ; claws, small ; tarsus, more than one third shorter 
than that of the much smaller Jlrvicola Pennsylvanica ; the fur on the back 
is also shorter. 
COLOUR. 
Incisors, yellowish-white ; fur on the back, from the roots to near the 
tips, grayish-black ; the tips are yellowish-brown and black, giving it a 
rusty brown appearance ; the legs and tail are light brown ; the chin, 
soiled white ; the fur on the under surface of the body is dark cinereous 
from the roots to near the tips, where it is light coloured. 
DIMENSIONS. 
Inches 
Length of head and body, 5 
Head,- 
Lines. 
9 
10 
