16*4 GARDEN DORMOUSE. 



short of that of a squirrel, measuring from nose 

 to tail near six inches, and the tail four and a 

 half. It is an animal of a much thicker form in 

 proportion than a squirrel, and is of an elegant 

 ash-colour, white on the under parts and insides 

 of the limbs : the tail is very villose or furry, and 

 of a slightly spreading form, like that of a squir- 

 rel : the eyes are large and black ; the ears thin, 

 rounded, and very slightly haired. Sometimes 

 the upper parts of the body have a slight dusky 

 and sometimes a ferruginous tiir^e. Its gene- 

 ral manners resemble those of a squirrel ; but it is 

 not easily tamed. The young are produced about 

 the middle of summer, and are four or five in 

 number. 



GARDEN DORMOUSE. 



Myoxus Nitela. M. rvfus, subtus ex albo cinereus, macula nigra 



circa oculos et pone auriculas. lAn. Syst. Nat. GmeL p. 156. 



Schrcb. saeugth. p. 833. t. 226. 

 Rufous Dormouse, greyish-white beneath, with a black mark 



about the eyes and behind the ears. 

 Mus quercinus. M. cauda elongata pilosa, macula nigra sub 



oculis. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. i$6. 

 Mus Nitedula. Pall. Glir. p. 88. 

 Mus avellanarum. Gesn. Quadr. 833. Aldr. dig. 439. 

 Le Lerot. Rvff. 8. p. 181. pi 2$. 

 Greater Dormouse, or Sleeper. Ray Quadr. 219. 

 Garden Dormouse. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 159. 



THE Garden Dormouse is a native of the tem- 

 perate and warmer regions of Europe and Asia, 



