. A history of British mammals . (2) (3) The Black or Ship Rat {Epimys rattm).(i) Left Ear ; (2) Left Hand ; (3) Left Foot. (Twice life size.) THE BLACK OR SHIP RAT 589 slightly shorter than 2 ; digits 3 and 4 are of about equal length and alittle longer than digit 2. There are five large and distinct pads, butthere is no free supplementary pad external to that at the base ofdigit 5. In each foot the hallux reaches to the middle of the first jointof digit 2 ; digit 5 is slightly longer, reaching the end of the first jointof digit 4; digits 2, 3, and 4 are the longest of the toes, and nearlyequ
. A history of British mammals . (2) (3) The Black or Ship Rat {Epimys rattm).(i) Left Ear ; (2) Left Hand ; (3) Left Foot. (Twice life size.) THE BLACK OR SHIP RAT 589 slightly shorter than 2 ; digits 3 and 4 are of about equal length and alittle longer than digit 2. There are five large and distinct pads, butthere is no free supplementary pad external to that at the base ofdigit 5. In each foot the hallux reaches to the middle of the first jointof digit 2 ; digit 5 is slightly longer, reaching the end of the first jointof digit 4; digits 2, 3, and 4 are the longest of the toes, and nearlyequal to each other, 3 being the longest. There are six plantartubercles; of these the postero-internal is more than twice as long asbroad, and it is wider in front than behind; the postero-external padis well developed, and fully one-third of the size of that at the base ofdigit 5 ; a small free supplementary pad is situated externally but closeto the pad at the base of digit 5, but no similar pad is normally present inconnection
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