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ANONYMOUS ANIMAL. 



WE here give the figure of an undefcribed a- 

 nimal, the drawing of which was made by the 

 Chevalier Bruce, who permitted me to copy it. 

 The animal, which we fhall call anonymous, till 

 we learn its real name, has fome fimllarities to 

 the hare, and others to the Iquirrel. Mr Bruce 

 gave the following account of it in writing. 



' lnLybia,onthefouth fide of the lake formerly 



* called Palus Tritonides, there is a very fingular 

 ' animal, from nine to ten inches long, with ears 



* nearly as long as the half of the body, and pro- 



* portlonally broad, a circumftance which takes 



* place in no other quadruped, except the iong- 

 ' eared bat. Its muzzle refembles that of the 



* fox ; and yet it feems to approach nearer to 



* that of the fquirrel. It lives on the palm- 



* trees, of which it eats the fruit. It has fhort 



* recradile claws, and is a very beautiful crea- 



* ture. Its colour is white mixed with a little 

 ^ gray and a bright yellow. The infide of the 



* cars is naked in the middle only. They are 



* covered with brown hair mingled with yellow, 

 ^ and garnifheu within with large white hairs. 

 ' The end of the nofe is black, the tail yellow, 

 < and black at the point. The tail is pretty 



' long, i 



