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QUEBEC MARMOT. 



Arctomys Empetra. A. capite auriculato, cauda liltosa, corpore 



supra re/70 subtus rufo. JJn. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 143. 

 Grey Marmot, undulated with darker and lighter variegations, 



rufous beneath, with dusky tail. 

 Mus Empetra. M. capite gibbo auriculato, cauda vittosa breci, 



palmis tetradactylis, corpore supra ratio, subtus rufo. Pall. 



Glir. p. 75. 

 Quebec Marmot. Pennant Quadr. a. p. 129. 



THE Quebec Marmot is said to be found in va- 

 rious parts of North America, but it appears to be 

 most frequent in Hudson's Bay and Canada. Its 

 size is that of a rabbet, or rather larger, and its 

 colour is brown on the upper parts, undulated 

 with whitish or pale grey, the tips of the hairs 

 being of that colour : the legs and under parts of 

 the body are rufous or ferruginous : the face is 

 dusky ; the nose black and obtuse, the cheeks 

 grey, and the tail short and dusky, especially at 

 the tip. In its manners it is supposed to resem- 

 ble the rest of its congeners. 



