Class I. S Q^ U I R R E L, 



107 



Two cutting teeth in each jaw. 

 Four toes before ; ^vc behind. 

 Tufted ears. 

 Long tail cloathed with long hair. 



XIII. 

 SQUIRREL. 



Sciurus vulgaris. Rail fyn. quad. 



214. 

 Meyer^s an. i. Tab. 97. 

 Gefner quad. 845. 

 Sciurus rufus, quandoque grifeo 



admixto. BriJJon quad. 104. 

 De Buffon, Tom. vii. 258. Tah. 32. 

 Sciurus auriculis apice barbatis, 



palmis 4-da6lylis plantis 23. Common, 



5-daayIis. Lin. fyft. 86. 

 Sciurus palmis folis faliens. 



Faun. Suec. 37. 

 Sc. vulgaris rubicundus. 



Klein quad. 5 3 . 

 Br. Zool. 44. Syn. quad. 



No. 206. 



Brit. Gwivvair 



Fren. L'Ecureuil 



Ital. Scciattolo, Schiarro, Schi- 



ratto 

 Span. Harda, Hardilla, Efquilo 

 Port. Ciuro 



Germ. Eichorn, Eichmerm- 



lin 

 Duf. Inkhoorn 

 S^ied. Ikorn, grafkin 

 Dan. Ekorn . 



THE fquirrel derives its name from the form Name. 

 of its tail, dKicx, 2L fhade, aoa, a tail, as ferv- 

 ing this little animal for an umbrella. That part 

 is long enough to cover the whole body, and is 

 clothed with long hairs, difpofed on each fide ho- 

 rizontally, which gives it a great breadth. Thefc 

 ferve a double purpofe •, when erefted, they prove 

 a fecure protection from the injuries of heat or 

 cold; when extended, they are very inftrumental 

 in promoting thofe vaft leaps the fquirrel takes from 

 tree to tree. On the authority oi Klein and Linn^uSy 

 I 2 we 



