HOOD'S MARMOT.—Sperméphilus Hoodii. 
barely one foot below the surface. The Leopard Marmot is rather a prolific animal, 
producing about eight or ten young at a litter. It is said to be destructive to gardens 
which may happen to be in the vicinity of its home, and is as capable of exercising its 
teeth upon an antagonist as on its food. Its bite is remarkably severe for so small an 
animal, and it is of such a sour disposition, that it is always ready to snap at those who 
attempt to capture or handle it. 
BOBAC.—A’rctonys Bobac. 
The Bopac, or PoLAND Marmot, is one of the true Marmots, and is a native of parts 
of Northern Europe and Asia. 
It is larger than the preceding animals, and appears to be of still greater dimensions 
owing to the full coat of thick hair with which it is profusely covered. The colour of this 
animal is a tolerably uniform grey-brown, slightly tinged with yellow, and having a 
“watered” appearance along the back. The length of “the Bobae is rather more than 
twenty inches, the tail being about six inches long. The Bobac is a gregarious animal, 
living in small bands of thirty or forty in number, ‘and being always found to prefer dry 
