COMMON DORMOUSE. 



RODENTIA. 



281 

 MYOXIDJE. 



Genus, Myoxus. (Schreber.) 



Generic Character. Grinders f :|, simple, the summits marked with trans- 

 verse ridges of enamel ; fore feet formed for grasping, their claws short, 

 thumb rudimentary ; hind feet also formed for grasping, fifth toe short ; tail 

 long, somewhat bushy ; general form somewhat thick and compact. 



COMMON DORMOUSE. 



SLEEPER. 



Myoxus avellanarius. (Linnaeus.) 



Specific Character. Fur light tawny above, paler and yellowish beneath; 

 an elongated patch of white on the throat and fore part of the breast ; tail 

 somewhat shorter than the head and body. 



Mus avellanarius minor, 

 Mm avellanarius, 



Sciurus avellanarius, 

 Myoxus muscardinus, 

 , , avellanarius, 



Le Muscardin, 

 Dormouse, 



No. 14. PALLAS, Glir. 



RAY, Syn. Quad. 220. 

 LINN. Syst. Nat. p. 



p. 89. 



ERXLEB. Syst. p. 433, 15. 

 SCHREBER, Saugth. p. 835, 4, t. ccvii. 

 DESMAR. Mammal, p. 295, sp. 466. FLEM. Brit. 



Anim. p. 22. JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 30. 

 BUFPON, Hist. Nat. VIII. p. 193, t. xxvi. FR. 



Cuv. Mammif. fasc. XXXVIII. 

 PBNNANT, Brit. Zool. I. p. 110. SHAW, Gen. Zool. 



II. p. 167, t. cliv. 







