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of the body, fulvous or ferruginous ; the tail is 

 short, rather slender, and full of hair. Its man- 

 ner of life extremely resembles that of the com- 

 mon or Alpine Marmot, with which, indeed, it 

 appears to have been sometimes confounded by 

 naturalists. The holes or receptacles of these ani- 

 mals are lined with the finest hay, and it is said 

 that the quantity found in one nest is sufficient 

 for a night's provender for a horse. They are 

 fond of sporting about in the sunshine near their 

 holes, like the common Marmot, set up a similar 

 whistle when disturbed, and retire with precipita- 

 tion to their receptacle. They may be easily ren- 

 dered domestic, like that species, and are of a 

 mild and gentle disposition. In winter they lie 

 torpid, unless kept in warm rooms. They breed 

 early in the spring, and are said to produce six or 

 eight young. 



HOARY MARMOT. 



Arctomys Pruinosa. A. capitc auriculato, cauda pedibusqve m- 

 gris, dorsi, latemm et abduminis pilia duris longis, basi cinereif, 

 mtdio nigris, apice albidis. Lin. Sy.it. Xat. Gmd. p. 144. 



Hoar)- Marmot, with black legs and tail. 



Hoan- Marmot. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 144. 



THIS species was first described by Mr. Pen- 

 nant, from a specimen in the Leverian Museum. 

 It is about the size of the Jlonaj:, or Maryland 

 Marmot, and is of a hoary ash-colour, the hair, 

 which is long and rather coarse, being cinereous 



