COMMON DORMOUSE. 



RODENTIA. 



281 



MYoXJDJ':. 



GenuSj Myuxus. (Schreber.) 



Generic. Character. — Grinders \:\, 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 comixaet. 



COMMON DORMOUSE. 



SLEEPER. 



Myoxus avellanarius. (Linnaeus.) 



Specific Ciiaracfcr. — Fur light tawny above, ]ialcr and yellowish beneath; 

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

 somewhat shorter than the head and body. 



Mus avellanarius minor, 

 Mus avellanarius, 



Sciurus avellanarius, 

 Myoxus muscardinus, 

 ,, avellanarius, 



he Muscardin, 



Dormouse, 



Ray, Syn. Quad. 220. 



Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 83, No. M. T-vllas, (ilir. 



p. 89. 

 Erxleb. Syst. p. 433, 15. 

 SciiREBKR, Siiugth. IX 835, 4, t. ccvii. 

 Desmaii. Mammal, p. 295, sp. 4(>l). Fi.em. T'.rit. 



Anini. p. 22. .Jenyns, llrit. Vert. j). 3(t. 

 BuFFON, Hist. Nat. VIII. p. 103, t. xxvi. Vr. 



Cuv. Mammif. fasc. XXX VII [. 

 Penna.vt, Brit. Zool. I. p. 110. Shaw, Gen. Zool, 



II. p. 1G7, t. cliv. 



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