The uniformity throughout the species as regards hairiness of the foot-soles and also the character of the vibrissae makes it unnecessary to describe these features in the accounts of the subspecies of erminea.
Longest facialvibrissae brownish, like dark color of head and extending beyond ear; carpal vibrissae mostly color of underparts and extending to apical pad of fifth digit; hairiness of foot-soles slightly more than shown in figure 20.
Longest facial vibrissae black, or dark brown (both colors in the type) and extending beyond ear; carpal vibrissae same color as underparts and extending to within 3.
Longest facial vibrissae black and reaching beyond ear; carpal vibrissaesame color as underparts and extending to apical pad of fifth digit; hairiness of foot-soles as shown in figure 20.
Longest facial vibrissae black and extending beyond posterior border of ear; carpal vibrissae wholly, or in part, black and extending as far as hypothenar pad; hairiness of foot-soles as shown in figure 21.
At birth the mice have a rosy pink skin which is devoid of hair and perfectly smooth; they are blind, deaf, and irresponsive to stimulation of the vibrissae on the nose.
The course of the development of this litter during the first three weeks was as follows:-- First day The skin is pink and hairless, several vibrissae are visible on the nose and lips, but there is no definite response when they are touched.
When thevibrissae are touched, the head is moved noticeably.
The vibrissae are longer, but touching them still fails to cause a reaction.
Contact with the vibrissae or with the surface of the body, frequently calls forth a motor reaction but neither light nor sound produces any visible change in behavior.
In the third week of development the mice are covered with hair; darker hair appears dorsally; and vibrissae continue rapid growth.
In the first week of growth the vibrissae become visible to the naked eye, the body changes to flesh color, the dorsal parts become dark gray, the pinna unfolds and is black tipped, and the claws appear.
In most mammals hairs of a special character occur in certain regions, such as above the eyes, on the margins of the eyelids, and on the lips and cheeks, here forming the vibrissae or whiskers.
The vibrissae or large hairs which occur in many animals upon the upper lip, and the mane and tail of Equidae are probably persistent.
At birth, juveniles are pink, without pelage except for the mystacial vibrissae and a few hairs about the eye.
Arista long plumose, or pectinate above; oral vibrissae present; anal cell complete; costa broken at the apex of R1.
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