. Catalogue of the mammals of Western Europe (Europe exclusive of Russia) in the collection of the British museum. Mammals. 594 t:^ blackish. The individual hairs are slate-grey at base, those of the underfur with a sub-terminal band of grey No. 10 about 2 mm. in width and a minute blackish tip, the longer hairs blackish throughout. On rump and outer surface of hind legs the pale gi'ey is replaced by light bull". Sides of body and outer surface of fore legs white, the line of demarcation well defined though not remarkably so, and extending along lower portion of cheeks an(4 over base of w
. Catalogue of the mammals of Western Europe (Europe exclusive of Russia) in the collection of the British museum. Mammals. 594 t:^ blackish. The individual hairs are slate-grey at base, those of the underfur with a sub-terminal band of grey No. 10 about 2 mm. in width and a minute blackish tip, the longer hairs blackish throughout. On rump and outer surface of hind legs the pale gi'ey is replaced by light bull". Sides of body and outer surface of fore legs white, the line of demarcation well defined though not remarkably so, and extending along lower portion of cheeks an(4 over base of whiskers to sides of muzzle, the lips thus entirely white and sharply defined against the narrow grey muzzle. A veiy narrow black eye-ring. Ears blackish, frosted with greyish white, not much contrasted with surrounding parts. Underparts in one specimen white, in another pale cream-bufF rather sharply defined from the narrow white area along sides. Feet butly white, including hairy portion of sole. Tail light cream-buff', the upper surface sprinkled with blackish hairs along median region. Shill.—Apart from its much smaller size (approximately as in Apodemus flavicoUis) the skull differs from that of Cricetus cricetus in its generally less modified, more murine appearance. Dorsal profile slightly and evenly convex through- out. Brain-case relatively narrower and rostrum relatively broader than in Apodemus flavicoUis and A. sylva- ticus, but these peculiarities not carried to the same extreme as in Cricetus cricetus. Brain-case dis- tinctly longer than broad, slightly wider than deep, smoothly rounded off^ at sides, the occiput scarcely oblique, so that condyles are not visible when skull is viewed from above ; the general form of brain- case essentially as in Apodemus sylva- ticus but narrower and deeper, and with condyles more projecting. Interparietal about as in A. sylvaticus, but more convex in front and more nearly straight behind. Interorbital region about as wide as ros
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