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length, the former with four and the latter with five toes. 

 MYOXUS. Linn. Syst. Nat. Gmel. i. p. 155. 



32. THE COMMON DORMOUSE. Body tawny red, with 

 white throat: inner toes of the hind feet without claws. 

 Myoxus Muscardinus. ^ Linn. 



Size about that of the common mouse. Eyes large, black, and 

 prominent. Ears broad, rounded, thin, and semi-transparent. 

 Fore-feet with four toes, and hind-feet with five; the interior ones of 

 the latter destitute of nails. Tail about 2 inches in length, and 

 covered on every side with hair. In general appearance this animal 

 is not much unlike the Field Mouse ; but it is at first sight distin- 

 guishable by its hairy tail. 



Head, back, sides, belly, and tail, of a tawny red colour. Throat 

 white. W. B. 



Not uncommon in thickets and woods, in the southern counties of 

 England. 



Myoxus rufuS) guld albicante, plantarum potticibus 

 muticis. Myoxus Muscardinus. Linn. Syst. Nat. Gmel. 

 i. p. 156. 



Mus caudd elongatd pilosd, corpore rufo, guld albi- 

 cante, pollicibus posticis muticis. Mus avellanarius. 

 Linn. Syst. Nat. edit. xii. vol. i. p. 83. 



Sciurus corpore rufo guld albicante, pollicibus posticis 

 muticis. Sciurus avellanarius. Erxleben, Syst. regn. ani- 

 mal, gen. 39, sp. 16, p. 433. 



Myoxus muscardinus. Common Dormouse. Turton, 

 i. p. 97. Kerr, p. 272. 



Glis supra rufus, infra albicans. LE CROQUE Noix. 

 Brisson, regn. animal, p. 162. 



Mus avellanarum minor. THE DORMOUSE OR SLEEPER. 

 Raii. Syn. quad. p. 220. 



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