48 GLIRES. THE SQUIRREL TRIBE. 



Length, to the origin of the tail, about 9 inches ; and of the tail 

 about 8 inches. Weight about three quarters of a pound. Head 

 short and thick. Ears terminating in long tufts or pencils of hair. 

 Eyes large, black, and lively. Front-teeth of deep orange-colour, 

 very sharp and strong. Legs and thighs, but particularly the hinder 

 ones, exceedingly stout and muscular. Toes very long, and divided 

 to their origin: those of the hind-feet, when expanded, will extend 

 nearly two inches. Claws strong, somewhat hooked, and extremely 

 sharp. On the fore-feet only four toes ; but in place of the fifth, or 

 inner toe, there is a very short thumb, having a horny lump upon it, 

 the rudiment of a nail. 



Colour of the upper parts, of the tail, and the outsides of the legs, 

 reddish brown : neck, breast, and belly white. W. B. 



Common in woods 



Sciurus auriculisapicebarbatis, raudd dorso concolori. 

 Sciurus vulgaris. Linn. Syst. Nat. Ginel. i. p. 145. 

 Erxleben, Syst. regn. animal, gen. 39, sp. 1, p. 411. 



Sciurus vulgaris. Common Squirrel. Turfon, i. p. 

 90. Kerr, p. 255. 



Sciurus vulgaris. Brisson, regn. animal, p. 150. Raii. 

 Syn. quadr. p. 214. 



Sciurus vulgaris rubicundus. Klein, quad, disp. p. 53. 



Sciurus. Gesner, p. 845. Ruysch, i. pa. 1, p. 113, tab. 

 116. 



L'ecureuil. Buff. Sonn. xxv. p. 165, tab. 3, fig. 3. 



L'ecureuil commun. Cuv. Tab. Element, p. 135. 



Common Squirrel. Penn. Quadr. ii. p. 138. Penn. 

 Brit. Zooi. i. p. 107. Shaw's Gen. Zool. ii. p. 134. 

 Bing Anim. Biog. i. p. 464. 



Squirrel. Smellie's Buffon, iv. p. 268, tab. 80. 



THE DORMOUSE TRIBE. Front-teeth in each jaw 

 two, the upper ones wedge-shaped, the lower compressed at 

 the sides: whiskers long: tail round, hairy, and thickest 

 towards the end : fore and hind legs nearly of the same 



length, 



