210 FOREST LIFE IN ACADIE. 



The marmot of the eastern woodlands (Arctomys 

 monax), and the striped ground-squirrel, or " chipmunk " 

 (Tamias striatus, Baird), are more properly burrowing 

 animals than cave-dwellers, under which heading we can 

 class only the bear and the porcupine. 





