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smoky white, the under parts similar, but a little 

 dashed with ferruginous ; tail three inches and a 

 half long to the end of the hairs, slender, and 

 thinly covered with long hairs, which are at the 

 base of the same colour as the body, but above of 

 three distinct colours, first black, then dark, and 

 lastly light at the upper extremity ; legs rather 

 long and slender ; feet narrow ; claws horn colour, 

 arched and sharp ; on the inner side of the fore feet, 

 a small toe placed far back, with an obtuse claw, 

 in which it differs from the other species of this 

 genus ; outer toe and claw of the fore feet much 

 shorter than the remaining three, of which the 

 middle one with its claw is longest ; of the hind 

 toes, the two extremes shorter and placed back, 

 the others nearly of equal length. 



Species. 



7. Arctomys pniinosa,* Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. 144. 

 Turt. Linn. Hoary Marmot, Penn. Hist. Quad, 

 ii. 389. Penn. Arct. Zool. i. 112. Schreb. Quad. 

 745, Shaw's Zool. iii. 121. 



Size of a rabbit; tip of the nose black; ears 

 short and oval ; cheeks whitish ; crov/n dusky and 

 tawny ; hairs usually rude and long, those on the 

 back, sides, and belly, cinereus at the root, black 

 in the middle, whitish at the tip, so that the ani- 

 mal has a hoary appearance; tail black, mixed 

 with rust colour; legs black; claws dusky. 



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