SYNOPSIS OP THE | 



II. Spermophilus. With large cheek-'pouches. Habits 

 solitary. 



637. 7. A. Citillus (the Souslik.) Yellowish-brown, 

 waved or spotted with white in transverse stripes ; white 

 underneath; with cheek-pouches; external ears scarcely 

 visible. 



Mus Noricus, aut Citillus, Agricola^An. SubterA85. Mus 

 Citillus, Pallas, Glires, 549. Mus Suslica, Guldens. Nouiy. 

 Can. Petrop. xiv. 389. Glis Citillus, Erccleb. Mus Mar- 

 mota, Forster, Phil. Trans. 57, 343. 



Zizel, Buf. t. 15, 139. Souslik, ejusd. t. 15, 144. Jev-| 

 raschka, ou Marmotte de Siberia, ejusd. Sup. t. 3, 191. 

 Earless Marmot, Pen. ii. 135. 



Icon. Pallas, I. c. tab. 21. Guldens. I. c. tab. 7. Schreber, 

 tab. 211. A. B. Buff. Sup. iii. tab. 31. 



Inhabits parts of Germany, and Russia in Europe and 

 Asia. 



Obs. There are three varieties of this species, distin- 

 guished, 1st. by the wavy disposition of the colour of the 

 back ; 2dly, by white spots instead of waves ; 3dly , uniform. 



The following species discovered by our late intrepid na- 

 vigators, seem referable to this division of pouched Mar- 

 mots. 



638. 8. A. Franklinii (Franklin's Marmot.) Head 

 broad ; ears small ; snout very blunt ; tail elongated ; body 

 variegated, fuscous. ^ 



Arctomys Franklinii, Sabine, Lin. Trans, xin. 587. 

 Icon. Lin. Trans, xiii. t. 27. 

 Inhabits Canada. 



639. 9. A. Richardsonii (Richardson Marmot). Ears 

 short ; snout acute ; tail moderate ; body fuscous. 



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