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CHAPTER II. 



PROTECTION AGAINST RODENTS. 



SECTION I. GENERAL ACCOUNT. 

 1. List of Injurious Species. 

 Hares and Rabbits (Leporidae). 



The common hare (Lepus curopaus, L.). 

 The mountain hare (L. timidus, L.). 

 The rabbit (L. cuniculus, L.). 



Squirrels (Sciuridae). 

 The common squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris, L.). 



Dormice (Myoxidae). 



The loir (Myoxus glis, Schreb.). 



The common dormouse (M. avellanarius, L.). 



The garden dormouse (M. nitela, Wagn.). 



Mice (Muridae). 



The common wood-mouse (Mus silraticus, L.). 

 The long-tailed field mouse (M. agrarius, Pall.). 



Voles (Arvicolidae). 



The water-rat (Arvicola amphibius, Desm.). 



The field vole, or short-tailed field mouse (A. agrestis, Bias.). 



The southern field vole (A. arvalis, Selys.). 



The bank vole (Hypudaus (A.) glareolus, Wagn.). 



2. Damage Done. 



The above-mentioned animals damage the forest by eating 

 fruits and seeds, and gnawing young growth, breaking-off 

 young shoots, eating buds, peeling bark, and burrowing in the 

 ground. Rabbits, mice and voles do most harm, on account 

 of their destructive voracity and their enormous powers of 



