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GUNDI MARMOT. 



Arctomys Gundi. A. capitc auriculato, cotpore tejlaceo nifcs~ 



cfnte. Lin, Syst. Xat. Ginel. p. 145. 

 Reddish Marmot, with abruptly terminated ears. 

 Gundi Marmot. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 145. 



THIS species is a native of Barbary, towards 

 Mount Atlas, near Masuffin, and was first de- 

 scribed by a Mr. Rothman, a Swede. It is about 

 the size of a small rabbet, and is entirely of a 

 testaceous red colour : the ears are truncated, 

 with large apertures ; the tail short, the upper 

 teeth truncated, and the lower slender and point- 

 ed. It is called by the Arabs Gundi Its parti- 

 cular history seems as yet to be not fully under- 

 stood. 



VARIEGATED MARMOT. 



Arctomys Citillus. A. auriculis nitllis, cauda "dllosa, corpore 



vario. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmd. p. 144. Schreb. saeugtk. 4. 



p. 746. t. 21 1. A. B. 

 Mus Citillus. M. capite gibbo, aurictilts nullis, cauda breri til- 



losa, corpore lario. Pall. Glir. p. 76. and p. 115. 

 Variegated earless Marmot, with villous tail. 

 Le Zizel. Buff. J$-p- 139. and Le Sonslik. p. 144. and Suppt. 



3. p. igi.pl. 31. 

 Earkss Marmot. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 145 



OF all the Marmots this is the most elegant in 

 its appearance, exhibiting generally a beautiful 



