123 



I. Geoffroy, Diet. Class. d'Hist. Nat., x, 1827, 186.— Hamilton 

 Smith, Griffith's Cuvier's An. King., iii, 1827, 170 (with plate); 

 V, 1827, 244.— Richardson, Faun. Bor. Amer., i, 1829, 153.— 

 Fischer, Synop. Mamm., 1829, 342. — Emmons, Quad. Mass., 

 1840, 64.— DeKay, New York Zool., i, 1842^ 68, pi. xxi, fig. 4.— 

 Thompson, Nat. Hist. Vermont, 1842, 44.— Wagner, Suppl. 

 Schreb. Saugt., iii, 1843, 259 (in part).— Schinz, Syn. Mam., 

 ii 1845, 61.— Aud. & Bach., Quad. N. Amer., i, 1849, 17, pi. ii.— 

 Kennicott, Trans. 111. State Agr. Soc, i, 1855, 579 ; U. S. Patent 

 Office Rep. Agr., 1856 (1857), 82, pi. x.— Baird, Mamm. N. Amer., 

 1857, 339, pi. xlix, fig. 1 (skull).— Thomas, Trans. 111. State 

 Agr. Soc, iv, 1860, 657.— Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., i, 1869, 

 226 (Mass.); Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xiii, 1870, 190 (Iowa); 

 xvi, 1874, 294.— Cope, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc, Phila , xi, 1869, 

 173 (fossil; bone caves, Virginia). — Gilpin, Proc. and Trans. 

 Nova Scotia Inst. Nat. Sci., ii, pi. iii, 1870, 16. — Adams, Field 

 and Forest Rambles, 1873, 100, 296 (New Brunswick).— Jordan, 

 Man. Vert., 1878. 



1777. Qlis canadensis, Erxl., Syst. Anim., 1777, 363 (in part) ;=Quebec 



Marmot, Pennant -|- Quebec Marmot, Forster). 



1778. Mus empetra, Pallas, Nov. Spec. Glires, 1788, 74. — Boddaert, Elench. 



Anim., i, 1784, 105. 



1820. Arctomys melanopus, Kuhl, Beitrage, 1820, 64 (Canada). 



1822. Arctomys empetra, Sabine, Trans. Linn. Soc-, xiii, 1822, 684; (not 

 Mus empetra, Pallas; nor Arctomys empetra, Schreber, and pre- 

 vious authors). — Richardson, Parry's Voyage, App., 1825, 315; 

 Faun. Bor. Am., i, 1829, 147, pi. ix (==empetra, Sabine, and 

 hence mainly A. monax. 



1869. ? Stereodectes tortus. Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1869, 3 ; 

 Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc, Phila., 1869, 172, pi. 3 (fossil; bone caves, 

 Va. ; probably based on an abnormal incisor of A. monax. 

 La Marmotte d'Amerique, Brisson. 

 Maryland Marmot, Pennant. 

 Monax gris, F. Cuvier, Hist. Mamm., xxxvii, 1822. 



Specific Characters. — Length to base of tail 14.50, varying from 13.00 to 

 15 50 ; of tail vertebra about 4.50 ; of tail to end of hairs about 6.76. Color 

 above generally mixed fulvous, brownish-black, and gray; below, yellow- 

 ish-rufous, varying to brownish-rufous. Top of head, upper surface of all 

 the feet, and the tail usually black or brownish-black, varied slightly with 

 pure gray or rusty gray, and even to nearly uniform intense black. The 



