The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle [vol. 2 of 5]

by G. R. Waterhouse

		In.	Lines.
Length	from nose to root of tail	3	6
	of tail	1	7½
	from nose to ear	0	10
	of tarsus (claws included)	0	9
	of ear	0	3¾

Habitat, Hardy Peninsula, Tierra del Fuego, (February.)

The white, which is usually confined to the under parts of the body, in this species extends slightly on the sides of the body, and the lower portion of the cheeks.

“This species was caught on the mountains, thickly covered with peat, of Hardy Peninsula, which forms the extreme southern point of Tierra del Fuego.”—D.

17. Mus Canescens.

Mus canescens, Waterh., Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London for February, 1837, p. 17.

M. suprà canescens, subtùs albus; oculis flavido cinctis; auribus parvulis, pilis pallidè flavis et plumbeis obsitis; mystacibus mediocribus, canis, ad basin nigricantibus; caudâ vix corpore breviore, suprà fusco-nigrâ, subtùs sordidè albâ; pedibus anticis tarsisque flavescentibus.

Description.—Fur moderately long and loose; ears small; tail nearly equal to the body in length: general colour gray, with a wash of very pale yellow; chin, throat, and under parts of the body, white. Tail tolerably well clothed with hairs, those on the upper surface brown, and those on the under, whitish; on the sides are some yellowish hairs. Ears with yellow hairs on the inner side; tarsi pale yellow, toes white; muzzle and around the eye yellowish.

		In.	Lines.
Length	from nose to root of tail	3	6[[21]]
	of tail	2	1
	from nose to ear	1	1
	of tarsus (claws included)	0	9½
	of ear	0	4

Habitat, Santa Cruz and Port Desire, (December.)