No. 363 Mus Erythronotus
Habitat.—Yarkand, Persia.
Description.—Rufous, washed with blackish above, white below, abruptly separated; hairs on the back are slaty at the base, then blackish and bright ferruginous at the tips, the extreme points being black, except on the sides, where the black tip is wanting; upper whiskers black, lower white; ears large, rounded, naked; feet white above, dusky and naked below; tail equal to head and body, nearly naked. Mammæ six.
Size.—Head and body, 4 inches; tail, 4·2 inches.
This mouse is figured and carefully described in Blanford’s ‘Eastern Persia,’ vol. ii. p. 35.
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