- SPECIES OF MAMMALIA. 



Maryland Marmot, Pen. Quad. ii. 130. Monax, ou 

 Marmotte de Canada, Buff. Supp. III. Wood-chuck, or 

 Ground Hog of the United States. 



Icon. Schreb. 208. Buff. I. c. pi. 28. Catesby, pi. 79. 



Inhabits North America. 



634. 4. A, Empetra (Quebec Marmot.) Blackish-brown, 

 dotted with white-red underneath ; tail short, black at the 

 end. 



Mus Empetra, Pallas, Glires, 15. Arctomys Empetra, 

 Gmelin. 

 Quebec Marmot, Pen. Quad. ii. 130. 

 Icon. Schreb. tab. 210. Pen. I. c. pi. 74. /. 1, 

 Inhabits Canada, and the shores of Hudson's Bay. 



635. 5. A. Brachyura (Short-tailed Marmot). Cinereous 

 brown above, light red beneath ; tail flat, reddish, two- 

 rowed, one-seventh the whole length. 



Anisonys Brachyura, Raffinesque, Amer. Mag. vi. 4.5. 

 Burrowing Squirrel, Lewis and Clarke, Exped. vi. 173. 



Icon. 



Inhabits Missouri. 



636. 6. A. Rufa (Red Marmot.) Reddish-brown; fur 

 short, thick, and silky; ears short, thin, and pointed, 

 covered with hair. 



Arctomys Rufa, Harlan, Amer. Faun. 308. Anisonys 

 Rufa, Raffinesque, Amer. Month. Mag. 



Sewellel, Lewis stud jClarke, Exp. \i. 176. 



Icon. 



Inhab. 



Obs. Raflinesque formed these two animals into a genus, 

 under the name of Anisonys, the character of the nails 

 being unequal; but Lewis and Clarke do not mcnlion 

 their being so. 



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