84 CLASS MAMMALIA. 



The Palmist, {Sc. Palmarum, L.) Buff. X. xxvi. 



It is probable that we should distinguish from the 

 Squirrels certain species which have cheek-pouches, 

 like the Hamsters, and which pass their lives in 

 subterranean holes. (Tamias, Illig.) Such is 



The Ground Squirrel, {Sc. Striatus, L.) Buff. X. xxvm. 



Which is found in the north of Asia and Ame- 

 rica throughout, especially in the pine forests. 

 Its tail is less furnished with hair than that of 

 the European Squirrel ; its ears smooth, and 

 its skin brown, with five black streaks and two 

 white ones. 



The Squirrel of Hudson's Bay, {Sc. Hudsonius,) Schreb. 



ccxiv. 



With brown red skin, with a single black streak 

 on each side. Resembles the last closely. 



It is probable that the Guerlinguets, South Ameri- 

 can species, should be separated. They are dis- 

 tinguished by a long tail, nearly round, with an enor- 

 mous and pendant scrotum. Buff. Sup. VII. lxv. 

 lxvi. Their molars, however, are the same as those 

 of the Squirrels and Polatouches : so are those of 

 the Tamias. 



Naturalists have already separated the 



Polatouches, {Pteromys, Cuv.) 

 To which the skin of their sides, extending between 



