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ARVICOLA DEKAY I.— Aud. and Bach. 
Glossy Arvicola. 
(Not figured.) 
A. Corpore longo ac tenui : naso acuto ; auriculis et pedibus longis ; 
vellere tereti ac nitente ; supra fusca, subtus cano-fusco. 
CHAEACTEBS. 
Body long and slender J nose sharp J ears and legs long fur smooth and 
lustrous ; dark brown above , hoary brown beneath. 
SYNONYMES. 
Arvicola fulva, Glossy Arvicola. — Aud. and Bach., Jour. Acad. Nat. Sciences, 
Oct. 5, 1841. 
Arvicola Oneida, Oneida Meadow Mouse. — De Kay, Nat. Hist. State of New 
York, 1842, pt. i. p. 88, plate 
25, fig. 1. 
“ “ Le Conte, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sciences, Phil., Oct. 25, 1853, 
p. 406. 
DESCE1PTION. 
This species presents more distinctive markings than any other of the 
American Arvicolas ; its body is less cylindrical, and its nose less obtuse 
than any of our other species ; its ears are prominent, rising two lines 
above its smooth, compact fur ; its lower incisors are very long, and much 
exposed, considerably curved ; tail longer than the head, thinly coveied 
with short hairs ; legs long and slender, giving the animal that appearance 
of lightness and agility observable in the mouse. 
COLOUB. 
Incisors yellowish white ; the hairs, which are very short, like those on 
the pine mouse of Le Conte, are at the roots, on the upper surface, plum- 
beous, broadly tipped with brown, giving it a bright chestnut colour ; the 
hairs on the legs and toes are a little lighter, on the under surface the 
colour is cinereous. 
