SYNOPSIS OF THE 



prominent ; ears large, round ; long mustacMos ; no cheek- 

 f ouches ; fore-feet with four toes, and the rudiment of a 

 thumb ; posterior with five ; tail long, more or less villose ; 

 fur soft. No ccscum, or large intestines. 



566. 1. M. Glis (the Fat Dormouse.) Gray-brown-ashy 

 above, whitish underneath, with brown round the eyes; 

 tail very villose its whole length; about six inches long. 



Glis, Brisson, Rcgne Anim. 113. Sciurus Glis, Lin. 

 12 ed. Mus Glis, Pallas, Glires^ 88. Sciurus Epilepticus, 

 Klein, Quad. 54. Myoxus Glis, Gmelin. 



Loir, Buff. VIII. Fat Dormouse, Pen. Quad. ii. 159. 



Icon. Buff. I. c. pi. 24. Schreber tab. 22. EncT/. Meth. 

 t. 78. f. 1. 



Inha'bits Southern parts of Europe. . 



Mus Brit. 



Note. According to the Baron Cuvier, the Myoxus 

 Dryas of Gmelin, Schreb. t. 225. B. is only a variety of this 

 species. 



567. 2. M. Nitela (Garden Dormouse.) Fur gray-brown 

 above, white underneath; black round the eyes to the 

 shoulders; tail tufted, black, with the tuft white. 



Mus Avellanarum Major, Ray. Mus Quercinus, Lin. 

 Mus Nitidula, Pallas, Glires, t. 88. Myoxus Nitela, Gm. 

 Sciurus Quercinus, Erxleb. 



Greater Dormouse, or Sleeper, i2ay. Quad. 219. Garden 

 Dormouse, Peii. Quad. ii. 159. Lerot, Buff. viii. tab. 25. 



Icon. Buff. I. c. tab. 24. Enci/. Meth. t. 78. /. 3. 



Inhabits the temperate parts of Europe. 



Mus. Brit. 



568. 3. M. Avellanarius (Common Dormouse.) Brownish 

 yellow above, white underneath ; hairs of the tail disposed 

 like a feather ; tail as long as the body, and flatted hori- 

 zontally. 



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