. Catalogue of the mammals of Western Europe (Europe exclusive of Russia) in the collection of the British museum. Mammals. 574 RODENTIA larger than the three anterior. Claw of inner toe relatively more reduced, closely appressed to pad. Tail easily broken as in Ellomys and showing the same tendency to produce an abnormally thickened pencil when injured, its hairs long throughout, its form strictly distichous in adult, but terete through basal half in young. Mammae : p2 —2, a'1 — 1, i2 — 'l = 12. Colour.—Upper parts ranging from a yellowish broccoli-brown to bluish smoke-grey, a little darkene
. Catalogue of the mammals of Western Europe (Europe exclusive of Russia) in the collection of the British museum. Mammals. 574 RODENTIA larger than the three anterior. Claw of inner toe relatively more reduced, closely appressed to pad. Tail easily broken as in Ellomys and showing the same tendency to produce an abnormally thickened pencil when injured, its hairs long throughout, its form strictly distichous in adult, but terete through basal half in young. Mammae : p2 —2, a'1 — 1, i2 — 'l = 12. Colour.—Upper parts ranging from a yellowish broccoli-brown to bluish smoke-grey, a little darkened on back by a sprinkling of long blackish hairs; underfur slate-grey at base, the general body colour appearing at exti'eme tips only ; hairs unusually glossy throughout, producing a noticeable metallic silvery lustre, especially on posterior half of back ; head faintly lighter than body ; a narrow dusky eye-ring ; ears like surrounding parts or somewhat dusky ; underparts and inner surface of legs pale buff, the line of demarcation rather well defined and extending on cheek to lower edge of eye-ring; feet dull pale buff', irregularly clouded with dusky or plumbeous ; tail with upper surface essentially like back but usually darker or more slaty, its under surface lighter, with ill-defined pale median stripe sometimes extending nearly to pencil but more often indistinct beyond middle. Young dull plumbeous grey above, bufty white below, the light area on under side of tail usually better defined than in Fig. 113. Glis glis. Nat. size. SJcull.—In general the skull differs from that of Eliomyx qnercinus chiefly in its broader, lower form, a peculiarity that is especially noticeable in posterior view. Profiles essentially as in. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (N
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