No. 395 Arvicola Melanogaster
Habitat.—Moupin in Tibet.
Description.—“It is characterised by the colour of the lower parts, which are a blackish-grey. The upper parts are sometimes as black as a mole, sometimes grizzled with brown” (‘Mammifères,’ p. 284). The brown specimen with the dark belly is evidently a rarity.
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