No. 362 Mus Pachycercus
Habitat.—Yarkand.
Description.—Sandy brown above; under-parts white; fur soft and very like M. bactrianus; ears large, rounded, hairy; feet clad above with white hair; soles naked; tail thick, shorter than head and body, and thinly clad with white bristles throughout; skin dark above, pale below; incisors deep yellow.
Size.—Head and body, 2·35 inches; tail, 1·9 to 2 inches.
Mr. Blanford says this is a house mouse. It is figured in Blanford’s ‘Mammalia of the Second Yarkand Mission.’
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