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MYOXUS. DORMOUSE. 



Generic Character. 



Denies Primores duo : supe- 



riores cuneati : inferiores 



compressi. 



JMoIares utrinque quatuor. 

 Mystaces longae. 

 Cauda villosa, teres, versus 



apicem crassior. 

 Pedes aequalis longitudinis, 



anteriores tetradactyli. 



Front-teeth two : the upper 

 cuneated : the lower com- 

 pressed. 



Grinders four in each jaw. 



Vibrissa long. 



Tail cylindric, villose, thick- 

 er towards the end. 



Legs of equal length : fore- 

 feet tetradactylous. 



FAT DORMOUSE. 



Myoxus Glis. M. canus, subtus albidus. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 155. 



Grey Dormouse, whitish beneath. 



Sciurus Glis. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 87. 



Mus Glis. Pall. Glir. p. 88. 



Glis. Plin. Hist. Nat. lib. 8. c. tf. Gesn. Quadr, 619. 



Aldr. dig. 407. 



Le Loir. Buff. 8. p. 158. pi. 24. 

 Fat Dormouse. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 158. 



JL JrllS species, the Glis of Pliny and the old 

 naturalists, is a native of France and the South of 

 Europe. It also occurs in Russia, Austria, &c. 

 residing on trees, and leaping from bough to 

 bough in the manner of a squirrel, though with a 



