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$Title{Genus Dipodomys.--Gray}
$Subject{Genus Dipodomys. --Gray; Dipodomys; }
$Journal{Quadrupeds of North America:  Volume III}
$Volume{Vol. 3:137}
$Genus{Dipodomys}
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                       A U D U B O N ' S   M A M M A L S

                    By John James Audubon, F. R. S., &c. &c.

                                      AND

                     The Rev. John Bachman, D. D., &c. &c.

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                                   VOL.  III.
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                            GENUS DIPODOMYS.--GRAY.


                                DENTAL FORMULA.

                            2         0-0        4-4
                   Incisive -; Canine ---; Molar --- = 20.
                            2         0-0        4-4

     The incisors are of moderate length, rather weak, narrow, compressed, and
curved inwards.  In the upper jaw the first three molars are largest, the fourth
a little smaller; in the lower jaw the molars are alike.  The molars have
rounded cutting edges.
     Nose and head, of moderate size; sacs or pouches opening on the cheeks back
of the mouth; fore feet, rather short, furnished with four toes and the rudiment
of a thumb, covered by a blunt nail; hind legs very long, terminated by four
toes on each foot; toes, each with a distinct metatarsus tail, very long;
mammae, four--two abdominal and two pectoral.
     Habits, semi-nocturnal; food, seeds, roots, and grasses.
     There is only one species belonging to this genus known.  The generic name
is derived from [dipous], two footed, and [mus], a mouse.