RAT. 
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Mus agreftis capite grandi bra- cante et fordide luteo mixtis In 233 
chiurus*/?*# Jyn\ quad. 218. dorfo, ct faturate cinereis in ven- 
Mus terreftns. M. cauda medio.- tre veltitis. BriJJbn quad. 125. 
cri fu,bpiiofa, palmis fubtetradac- Le Campagnol deBuffon, vii. 369* 
tylis, plantis pentada&ylis, an- tab. xlvii. 
riculis vellere brevioribus Lin . The fliort-tailedField-moufe By. 
■ fyjl. 82. Molle Faun. fuec. No. Zool. 104. 
31 *Y Erdzeifl. Kramer Auftr. 316. 
Mus cauda brevi, pills e nigri- 
R. with a large head : blunt nofe: ears fliort, and 
hid in the fur: eyes prominent: tail fhort: color 
of the head and upper part of the body ferruginous, 
mixed with black: belly deep afii-color: length, 
from nofe to tail, fix inches : tail only one and a 
half, thinly covered with hah;, terminated by a fmall 
tuft. 
Inhabits Europe: alfo great abundance in New¬ 
foundland \ where it does much mifchief in the gar¬ 
dens : in England , feldom infefts gardens; makes- 
its nelt in moift meadows : brings eight young at a 
time : has a fcrong affe&ion for them : refides under 
ground: lives on nuts, acorns and corn, 
Mus gregarius. M. cauda cor- corporegrifeo,fuhtuspedibufquQ 234, 
gore triplo breviore fubpilofa, albi’s. Lin.fyfi, 84. 
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R. with a fmall month and blunt nofe ears naked, 
and appearing above the fur : hair on the upper part 
of the-body black at the roots and tips, ferruginous 
* The fpecies, No. 30. Faun. fuec. defcribed by the ftyle of Mus 
cauda *abbreujiata i cor pore nigro fdfco, dbdomine cinerefcmte > feeing the 
fame with this. 
3°5 
. Short- 
tailed 
Grega¬ 
rious. 
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