42 SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF MAMMALIA. 



common in the fur countries of North America, as far north 

 as the Great Slave Lake, and perhaps farther; but of its 

 habits we have no precise details. Its general colour is 

 brownish-yellow, merging into white beneath. The 

 length of the head and body is about five inches, that ot 

 the tail five and a half. (Fig. 25.) Dr. Richardson 

 remarks respecting the jumping mice, of which there 

 are, it would appear, several species, that those inhabiting 

 different districts in America require to be compared 

 wath each other before the true number of species and 

 their geographical distribution can be ascertained. 



26.— Teeth of Cape Leaping Hare. 



The Cape Leaping Hare 



{Pedetes Capensis, III.; Helamys Cupensis, F. Cuvier; 

 Grande Gerhoise, Buffon ; Spring Haas of the Dutch 

 Colonists ; Cape Gerboa, Pennant). 



This curious animal, the only known example of the 

 genus Pedetes, occupies an indeterminate situation among 



