168 FAUNA AMERICANA. 



white ; feet broadish ; toes thin and gray, covered 

 with hairs ; on the fore feet the second from the 

 inside is longest ; the outer shortest, and placed 

 far back; the three middle hind toes nearly equal; 

 the extremes shorter and far back ; claws horn 

 colour, those on the fore feet long and sharp, those 

 on the hind toes shorter. 



Species. 



6. Jlrctomys richardsonii^ Sabine, Trans. Lin. 

 Soc. vol. xiii. tab. 28. p. 589. 

 Tawny American Marmot. 



Char. Essent. Ears short ; snout acute ; tail 

 moderate ; body fuscus. 



DiiMENsioNs. Nearly the size of the preceding 

 species, but more slender. 



Description. Top of the head covered with 

 short hairs, dark at the base and light at the tips ; 

 face narroAV ; nose tapering and sharp, bare at the 

 end, above covered with short light brown hairs 

 joining and mixing with those on the top of the 

 head ; ears oval and short ; cheeks swollen, cover- 

 ed with light brown hairs ; whiskers short, grow- 

 ing from the cheeks, and a few long and rigid 

 hairs above the eyes ; throat dirty white ; upper 

 part of the body covered with soft short hairs, 

 dark at the base, above fulvous ; in the middle of 

 the back, the hairs are like those on the top of 

 the head, but lighter ; sides with longer hairs, 

 showing dark at base when raised, the ends a 



