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GUERLIXGUET. 



Myoxus Guerlingus. M.ferrugineussubtusjlcKO'rufescens, cauda 



longa subdepressa atttnuata. 

 Ferruginous Dormouse, yellowish-rufous beneath, with long, 



subdepressed, tapering tail. 



Le Grand Guerlinguet. Eitff. Suppl. y.p. 261. pi. 65. 

 Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 162. 



THIS animal is described in the 7th supple- 

 mental volume of the Count de Buffon's Natural 

 History, and is said to be of the size of a squirrel, 

 but of a longer form, and of the colour men- 

 tioned in the specific character accompanying the 

 present article. It is a native of Guiana, and re- 

 sides on trees in the manner of a squirrel; feeding 

 on fruits, &c. Its general residence is on palm 

 trees. Its teeth resemble those of squirrels, and 

 it has the same method of elevating its tail, which 

 is longer than the body, and obscurely annulated 

 with numerous alternate brown and yellowish 

 bands, the tip itself being black. This animal 

 measures between seven and eight inches to the 

 tail, which is of equal length. 



Far. ? 



SMALL GUERLIXGUET. 

 Le Petit Guerliguet. Buff*, suppl. 7. p. i6s.pl. 66. 



THIS, which is supposed by the author to be a 

 variety of the preceding, resembles it in almost 

 every particular except size, measuring only four 



