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each foot,, all the hinder ones united by a web ; the 

 second toe on the hind foot furnished with a double 

 claw, 



57. CASTOR FIBER, L. Bafver. The Beaver. F. 



Colour brown, with grey bottom wool ; body behind 

 by degrees merging into the tail, which at the root is 

 thick and covered with hair, outwardly oval ; feet 

 oblong and naked both above and below, scaly, about as 

 long as half the body. Length 2 ft. 6 in.; tail 14 in. 

 Is quite exterminated now from all the Scandinavian 

 forests, except in the extreme north of Lapland and Finland. 

 Formerly they were to be met with in many parts of Scan- 

 dinavia, and it is said even in the extreme south. 



GROUP 2. Collar Bone Absent. 

 Fam. 4. LEPORINA. 



Molars f, with flat summits, the plates of enamel trans- 

 verse. Incisors white, grooved. Ears very long. Tail 

 short, turned up. 



Gen. Lepus, L. 



Ears as long as the head ; tail short, turned up ; feet 

 underneath thickly covered with hair; head round y upper 

 lip divided. 



The European hare (L. Timidus], which is met with both 

 in Denmark and East Finland, is not found in Scandi- 

 navia. 



58. LEPUS CANESCENS, Nilss. Mo hare, Syd hare. D. 



Ears on the whole tip for about 6 lines broad, and along 

 a great portion of the hinder edge black ; wool at the 

 bottom ash blue ; colour in summer above and on the 

 sides yellowish grey-brown; in winter blue-grey; tail 

 very short, bushy, at all seasons white ; ears when laid 

 back in general reach only to, or a very little beyond, 

 the tip of the nose. Length about 2 ft. to the root of 

 the tail ; tail without the hair nearly 2 in. 

 This species or variety is most common in the South 



