MAMMALIA. 
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Mygule Muscovitica. —Muscovy Musk-Rat. 
Plate IX. fig. 3. 
Fur brown above, and dusky ash below; nose long and slen¬ 
der ; tail long, scaly, and compressed, striated at its base; size 
of the common rat. Inhabits southern Russia and Lapland. 
Genus 36.—Tupaia.— Raffles. 
Incisory teeth |, canines J—}» molars 7 6 ~J .; total 28. Body 
elongated; head triangular, attenuated, blunt; eyes and ears 
large ; tail very long ; four ventral mammae, diurnal. 
Tupaia ferruginea. —The Ferruginous Tupaia. 
Fur ferruginous ; muzzle slightly pointed. Inhabits Java. 
Genus 37.— Scalops.— Geoffroy. 
Incisory teeth upper ones large; lateral, or conical teeth, 
ill’ with a void between them and the incisors; grinders 
total 30, with several tubercles; muzzle elongated and cartila¬ 
ginous ; no external ears; anterior toes large, united as far as 
the third phalange, armed with long, strong, flat nails, construct¬ 
ed for digging. 
Scalops Canadensis. — The Canadian Scalops. 
Fur gray-brown; eyes hidden within the hair; nose long, 
terminated by a button-shaped cartilage. Inhabits Canada and 
Virginia. 
Genus 38. — Chrysochloris.— Cuvier . 
Incisory teeth |, conical teeth grinders ; total 40. 
The intermediate lower incisors very small; anterior extremi¬ 
ties with three toes only, armed with strong nails, like those of 
the Mole; hinder extremities with five toes ; eyes very small; 
no external ears; muzzle terminated with a cartilaginous appen¬ 
dage. 
