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LEADBEATER’S SAND-RAT. 
rat. For the greater part of its length from the roots upwards, it has a 
blackish grey colour. On the upper and lateral parts of the head, and 
over the whole of the back, the tips of the fur are of a nearly puio umber- 
brown color, deepest on the head, and slightly intermixed with chestnut 
brown on the flanks. The belly, and fore and hind legs, are pale giey, 
with, in some parts, a tinge of brown. 
The sides of the mouth are dark-brown, with a few white hairs inter- 
mixed. The chin, throat, feet, and claws, are white. The tail is round 
and tapering, and is well covered with short greyish white haiis ; the 
hairs on the sides of the fore-feet are rather stiff, and curve a little ovei 
the naked palms ; those on the hind-feet are shorter ; the posteiioi extiemi- 
ties are situated far forward. 
DIMENSIONS. 
Inches. Lines. 
Length of head and body, 7 
“ of head, 1 8 
“ “ tail, I ^ 
Distance from the end of the nose to the anterior 
angle of the orbit, ® 
HABITS. 
“ Although this animal is not an inhabitant of the fur countries, the 
above description has been inserted with the view ol rendering the 
account of the genus more complete.” (Richardson.) 
Richardson received no information respecting its manners or lood. 
The specimen came from the south-western part of Louisiana. 
