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Arctomys empetra. —The Quebec Marmot. 
; Plate XVIII. fig. 8. 
Fur blackish-brown, dotted with white above and red under¬ 
neath ; tail short, and black at the end. Inhabits Canada. 
Sub-Division II— Spermophilus.— M. F. Cuvier. —With 
large cheek pouches. Habits solitary. 
Arctomys Franklinii. —Franklin’s Marmot. 
Plate XXI. fig. 4. 
Fur fuscous and variegated; head broad; snout very blunt, 
ears small; tail elongated. Inhabits Canada. 
Genus 19.—C apromys. — Desmarest. 
Generic Character. —Incisory teeth no canines, grinders | . 
total 22. Upper incisors not very strong, transversely truncated 
at the extremity, and not furrowed on the anterior surface; the 
lower ones slightly tubulate, and very similar to the upper; 
head long, laterally compressed; tip of the snout truncated; 
ears large, erect, and lateral; body bulky; fore legs short; feet 
with four toes; hind legs long; teats four, two pectoral and 
two abdominal. 
Capromys Furnieri —The Utia, or Fournier’s Capromys. 
Plate XIX. fig. 8. 
Fur rough, brown on the back of the neck, back, flanks and 
exterior surface of the limbs ; each hair has a ring of yellowish 
colour towards the extremity; fore head, chin, and under part 
of the neck gray; rump reddish brown; belly brownish-gray; 
upper parts of the toes covered with scales, interspersed with 
hairs ; neck short; tail naked, with about one hundred and fifty 
scaly rings; eyes situated near the line of the forehead. Size 
of a large rat. Inhabits the Island of Cuba. 
