DORMOUSE PHALANGE!*. 
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The largest of the specimens living in the Zoological 
Society’s Menagerie slightly exceeded in its dimensions the 
admeasurements above given, and differed from others some¬ 
what in its colouring ; its length was a trifle more than four 
inches measured in a straight line from the tip of the nose 
to the root of the tail, which was three inches and ten lines 
in length* The basal portion of the tail was very broad, 
being about three-quarters of an inch in width, and slightly 
depressed; at about an inch from the root it became rather 
suddenly contracted, and thence gradually decreased in diame¬ 
ter to the extremity; it was rather sparingly clothed with 
palish hairs, which were closely applied to, but did not hide 
the skin, which was flesh-coloured ; the basal, incrassated 
portion of the tail, was clothed with fur like that of the body, 
but more closely applied to the skin ; about half an inch of the 
apical portion was perfectly naked. All die naked parts, 
such as the under parts of the feet, tip of the muzzle, and 
ears, wore of a delicate flesh-colour. The ftrr was extremely 
soft, on the upper parts of the body ash-coloured, but suffused 
with rusty brown, and obscurely tinted with yellowish about 
the muzzle; the under parts were of palish rusty brown, 
somewhat darker in hue on the chest. In another specimen 
die under parts of the body were white, slighdy suffused with 
rusty yellow on the chest; die white of the under parts 
extended upwards on the sides of the body, where it was 
separated from the greyish colour of the upper parts by an 
indistinct dusky mark: the same dusky hue was visible on 
the outer, or rather towards the hinder parts of the fore 
legs. This specimen, when dead, gave die following dimen¬ 
sions—the tail was imperfect. 
Inches. Lines. 
From nose to tail, along the course of the back 4 2 
From nose to ear ... ... . u 
Length of tail . ... g 
“ of hind foot and nails . G£ 
