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Order III. RODENTIA. 



These animals are so named from their having two large incisor teeth in each 

 jaw, by which they are enabled to gnaw the hard vegetable substances 

 which form their food. 



Family Leporidce. 



Genus LEPUS, Linn. 



764. The Common Hare {Lepus timidus, Linn.). 

 (A very young specimen.) 



Fig. Shaw, Gen. Zool. vol. ii. p. 197. 

 Hob. Europe. 



Family Caviida. 



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Genus CAVIA, Linn. 



765. The Spotted Cavy (Cavia paca, Linn.). 



Fig. Shaw, Gen. Zool. vol. ii. p. 20. 

 Hub. South America. 



Family Jerboidee. 

 Genus DIPUS, Penn. 



766. The Jerboa (Dipus JEgyptius, Hemp. ; Dipus Gerboa, Oliv.). 



Fig. Cat. of Mammalia in Brit. Mus. p. 130. 

 Hob. Egypt. 



Genus SCIURUS, Linn. 



767. The Common Squirrel (Sciurus Europceus, Linn. ; Sciurus varius, 



Pallas). 



Fig. Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 90. Cat. of Mammalia in Brit. Mus. p. 139. 

 Hob. Europe. 



