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 RODENTIA. 



SCIURIDJ;. 



SCIUBIDJ?. 





Genus, Sciurus. 



SQUIRREL. 



Generic Character. — Clavicles complete ; giinding teetli J: J, simple, the 

 summits tubercular, the anterior one in the upper jaw extremely small ; upper 

 incisive teeth chisel-shaped, lower ones pointed, compressed laterally ; toes 

 long and free ; tail long and bushy. 



COMMON SQUIRREL. 



Sciurus vulgaris (Linn. ). 



Specific Character. — Brownish-red above, white beneath; tail very bushy, 

 of the same colour as the body ; ears tufted. 



IkIov^os, Oppian Cyneg. 



Sciurus, Pliu. Hist. Nat. lib. Till. c. xxxviii. 



,, vulgaris, Linn. Syst. Nat. I. p. 86. Mull. Zool. Dan. Prod. p. 5, 



sp. 32. Desmar. Mammal, p. 330, sp. 527. Flem. Brit. 



An. p. 20. Jentns, Brit. Vert. p. 29. 

 Sciurus alpinus, P. Cuv. Mam. fasc. xxii. Desm. Mam. p. 543. 

 Sciurus itaJicus, Bonap-. Faun Ital. 



Common Squirrel, Penn. Brit. Zool. I. p. 107. Shaw, Gen. Zool. IL p. 13i. 

 Ecureuil commun, Bufpoh, Hist. Nat. VII. p. 253, t. xxxii. Fr. Cgviek, 



Mammif. livr. xxii. 



The form and habits of this elegant and active little 



