SYNOPSIS OF THE 



I. Arctomys. No cheek pouches. Habits social. 



631. 1. A. Marmot ia (the Marmot.) Yellowish-gray, 

 with an ashy tint on the head ; top of the head, and end of 

 the tail, black ; under part yellowish-white ; nearly eighteen 

 inches long. 



Mus Alpinus, Pliny, lib. viii. 37. Glis Marmotta, 

 Klein. Quad. 56. Mus Marmotta, Lin. Sys. Nat. 81. 

 Arctomys Marmotta, Gm. 



Marmotte, Buff: Hist. Nat. 8. Alpine Marmot, Pen. ii. 

 128. 



Icon. Perrault, Hist, des Anim. m. f. 7. Shreb. tab. 

 207. Buff. I. c. pi. 28. 



Inhabits the Alps, Pyrenees, and the other high moun- 

 tains of Europe and Asia. 



632. 2. A. Bobac (the Bobac.) Yellowish-gray, with 

 red tint near the head ; under part of the body reddish ; 

 about eighteen inches long. 



Mus Arctomys, Pallas, Glires, 97. Glis Polonica, Bris- 

 son. Glis Marmotta, Erxleb. Arctomys Bobac, Gm. Mus 

 Arctomys, Boddaert. Mus Marmotta, Forster, Phil. 

 Trans. 51. 



Bobak, ou Marmotte de Pologne, Buff. t. xiii. 1. ] 



Icon. Pallas, I. c. tab. 5, and 9. /. 1, 2, 3. Buff. l. c. 

 pi. 18. Schreb. 209. 



Inhabits Poland, and Northern Russia. 



633. 3. A. Monax (Maryland Marmot.) Brown above, 

 paler on the sides, and belly ; muzzle bluish-gray and 

 black ; tail half as long as the body, black ; nearly eighteen 

 inches long. 



Mus Monax, Lin. Sys. 81. Glis Monax, Erxleb. Cu- 

 niculus Bahamensis, Catesby, Carolina, ii. 79. 



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