92 CLASS MAMMALIA. 



therto, they have been found only in Siberia, and 

 it is Pallas who first made them known. (Glir. 

 pa. I. et sequa.) 



The Dwarf Lagomys, {Lepus Pusillus.) Pall. Glir. I. Schreb. 



CCXXXVII. 



Gray-brown, as large as the Water-Rat. Lives 

 in small burrows, in fertile countries, on fruit 

 and buds. 



The Gray Lagomys, {Lepus Alpinus,) Pall. Glir. II. Schreb. 



CCXXXVIII. 



Very pale gray, with yellowish feet, a little 

 larger than the preceding ; nestles in the holes 

 of stones, clefts of rocks, $*c. where it collects 

 hay for winter. 



The Lagomys Pica, (Lepus Alpinus,) Pal. Glir. II. Schreb. 



CCXXXVIII. 



As big as the Guinea-Pig ; yellowish-red ; in- 

 habits the most elevated summits of moun- 

 tains, where it passes the summer, selecting 

 and drying herbs for winter provision. Its heaps 

 of hay, sometimes six or seven feet high, are 

 valuable resources for the horses of the sable- 

 hunters. 

 After the two genera of Porcupines and Hares, 

 Linnseus and Pallas united the rest under the name 

 of Cavia, but it is impossible to find any other 



