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