. Catalogue of the mammals of Western Europe (Europe exclusive of Russia) in the collection of the British museum. Mammals. MESOCRICETUS 607 region in Cricetus cricetus; chin dull whitish ; upper lip cream- buff. Face, muzzle and most oE region between ear and eye like back but paler ; roundish area covering most of cheek below eye and extending forward to base of whiskers strongly tinged with dull ochraceous ; minute hairs on eyelids black; behind and somewhat below cheek spot is a clear cream-buff area continuous with that of side of neck ; ear silvery grey in noticeable contrast with surrou
. Catalogue of the mammals of Western Europe (Europe exclusive of Russia) in the collection of the British museum. Mammals. MESOCRICETUS 607 region in Cricetus cricetus; chin dull whitish ; upper lip cream- buff. Face, muzzle and most oE region between ear and eye like back but paler ; roundish area covering most of cheek below eye and extending forward to base of whiskers strongly tinged with dull ochraceous ; minute hairs on eyelids black; behind and somewhat below cheek spot is a clear cream-buff area continuous with that of side of neck ; ear silvery grey in noticeable contrast with surrounding parts; region behind ear strongly tinged with buff; crown between ears and slightly in front of them blackish,* this area continued backward as a fairly well defined median stripe about 3 mm. in width to a little behind shoulders ; a better defined black stripe about 6 mm. wide extends obliquely downward and forward from front of shoulder to about angle of jaw ; this stripe thrown into strong relief by clear cream-buff area lying between it and the downward extension of somewhat darkened body colour toward upper portion of leg ; feet and tail buffy white. Immature individuals are lighter and less tinged with wood-brown above, and less buffy on sides ; the dark mai'kings essentially as in the adults. Skull.—Apart from its smaller size the skull bears a general likeness to that of Cricetus cricetus ; profiles essentially as in the. FIG. 120. Mesocricetus newtoni. Nat. size larger animal. Brain-case shorter and deeper than in Cricetus cricetus, its upper surface with much larger flattened area, the border of which bends abruptly outward at front of parietal and * This blackish marking ahnost exactly corresponds in size, form and position to the flattened area on dorsal surface of 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 p
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