SPECIES OF MAMMALIA. 



Mus Avellanarius Minor, Ray. Mus Avellanarius, Lin. 

 Sciurus Avellanarius, Erxleb. Myoxus Muscardinus, Gm. 



Muscardin, Buff. Croque-noix, Brissorif Reg. Anim. 

 162. Dormouse, or Sleeper, Ray^ Quad. 220. 



Icon. Buff. I. c. tab. 26. Schreb. 227. Ency. Melh. 

 t 70. /. 5. 



Inhabits Europe, including England. 



Mus Brit. 



Var. b. Lalandii. Twice the size of the Common Dor- 

 mouse. 



Inhabits Cape of Good Hope. Perhaps the same as M. 

 Africanus. 



569. 4. M. Murimis (Murine Dormouse.) Gray, rather 

 paler beneath, and some of the hairs white, especially under 

 the belly ; tail as long as the body, flattened horizontally, 

 and covered with two-rowed hairs. 



Myoxus Murinus, Desm. Supp. 544. Myoxus Compel, 

 Cuv. Diet. Sei. Nat. xxvii. 

 Icon. F. Cuv. Mam. Lithog. n. 17. t. 4. 

 Inhabits Cape of Good Hope. 



570. 5. M. Africanus (African Dormouse.) Fur above 

 pale ferrugineous, beneath whitish, with a white line above 

 each eye ; head flat ; nose blunt ; upper lip cut ; tail mode- 

 rate, black in the middle, gray on the sides ; eyes large, 

 black ; whiskers long; ears very short. 



Myoxus Africanus, Shaw, Zool. ii. 172, 



Icon. ? 



Inhabits Africa. 



The Degu of Molina's Chili, 269, (Sciurus Degus of 

 Gmelin, and Chilian Squirrel of Shaw,) appears to be an 

 Arvieola. M. Desmarcst suggests that the Muscidus Fru- 



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