118 



768. The Common Squirrel (Sciurus Europaeus, Linn. ; Sciurus varius, 



Pallas). 

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



Hob. Europe. 



/ 

 Genus SCIUROPTERUS, Gray. 



769. The Flying Squirrel (Sciuropterus volans, Gray; Sciurus volans, 



Linn.). 



Fig. Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 95. Shaw, Gen. Zool. vol. ii. p. 151. 

 Hob. North of Europe and America. 



770. The Flying Squirrel (Sciurus volans, Linn.). 



Fig. Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 95. Shaw, Gen. Zool. vol. ii. p. 151. 

 Hub. North of Europe and America. 



Genus MUSCARDINUS, Gray. 



771. The Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius, Gray ; Mus avellanarius, 



Linn.). 



Fig. Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 97. Cat. of Mammalia in Brit. Mus. p. 133. 

 Hob. Europe. Presented by Miss Belj 'our. 



Family Hystricida. 



Genus HYSTRIX, Linn. 



772. The Crested Porcupine (Hystrix cristata, Linn.). 



Fig. Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 75. Cat. of Mammalia in Brit. Mus. p. 122. 

 Hub. North Africa. 



773. The Crested Porcupine (Hystrix cristata, Linn.). (Young.) 



Hob. North Africa. 



774. The Crested Porcupine (Hystrix cristata, Linn.). 



An embryo with the spines just beginning to appear in rows. 



775. The Quilled Rat (Hystrix subspinosa, Kuhl). 



Fig. Waterhouse, Mammalia, vii. p. 401. pi. 21. 

 Hab. Brazil. 



