170 FAUNA AMERICANA. 



This specimen was supposed to have come from 

 the northern parts of North America. 



Species. 



8. Arctomys parryii, Dr. Richardson's Appen- 

 dix to Franklin's Expedition. 



G7'ay Arctic Marmot. 

 ^Ground-squirrel., Hearne's Journey, p. 141. 



Quebec Marmot^ Foster, Philos. Trans. Ixxii, 

 p. 378. 



Arctomys alpina, Parry's Narrative, 2nd voyage, 

 p. 61. 



Char. Essent. " A. palmis pentadactylis ; rostro 

 obtusissimo; buccis sacculiferis; auriculis brevissi- 

 mis ; Cauda elongata, apice nigra ; corpore supra 

 maculis albis nigrisque confluentibus marmorata, 

 subtus ferrugineo." 



Dimensions. A size larger than the A. frank- 

 linii, and less than the empetra. Total length, to 

 the base of the tail, twelve to fourteen inches ; 

 trunk of the tail four inches, with the hair five 

 inches and a half. 



Description. Body broad and flattish, with tliick 

 legs; head depressed ; nose blunt and covered with 

 a dense coat of short brown hairs ; margin of the 

 mouth hoary ; eyes large and dark coloured ; ori- 

 fice of the auditory passage large; ear very short, 

 consisting merely of a flat, semi-oval flap, project- 

 ing about two lines; pouches ample, opening into 

 the mouth anterior to the grinders; teeth, })rimores 



