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WATER RAT. Class I. 



„. Wat e r. Le Rat d'Eau, Bchn 30. //. De Buffon, Tom. vii. 348- ^o^' 



MuV major aquntkus, fea MuramphiHus M»s cau^'. 



Rattus aquaticus. Ra.i elongata pilofa planus pal- 



r J 217 matis. Lt77 fyjt. 82. 



Sofex aquaticus: Charlton Callor Cauda liuearitereti. F«««. 

 borex aqu ^^^ ^^ j^^^ ^^ j^^^ 



Meyer's an. ii. r«i. 84- ,'""' S^' '^.'f: '• r,, • 7 



Mus Cauda longapUisrupra Mus aquat.lis. «««« quad. 



ex nigro et flavefcente 57- , „ , ,, 



mixtisf infra cinereis vef- Br. ZW. 48. S,',. quad. No. 

 titus. Brijfon quad. 124. 228. 



^r;V Llyeoden y dvvfr Germ. WafTcr maufe. W. Ratz 



Fren. Le Rat d'eau ^«^ w"'''"'".'. 



Itah Sorgo morgange W Watn-ra a 



^^' ^ Dan. Vand-rotte 



open. 



Port. 



LINN MUS, from the external appearance of 

 this animal, has in one of his fyftems placed 

 it in the fame genus with the beaver. The form 

 of the head, the Ihortnefs of the ears, and the thick- 

 nefs of the fur and the places it haunts, vindicate in 

 fome degree the opinion that naturalift was at that 

 time of: but the form of the tail is fo different from 

 that of the beaver, as to oblige him to reftore the 

 water rat to the clafs in which he found it, in 'the 

 fyftem of our illuftrious countryman Ray, 

 Manners. The water-rat never frequents houfes ; but is 

 alwavs found on the banks of rivers, ditches and 

 ponds, where it burrows and breeds. It feeds on 

 fmall fifli, or the fry of greater j on frogs, infers, 



and 



