RODENTIA. 



COMMON DOKMOUSE. 



281 

 MYOXIDjE. 



Genus, Myoxus. (Schreber,) 



Oeneric Character. — Grinders f ;|, simple, the summits marked with trans- 

 verse ridges of enamel ; fore feet formed for grasping, their claws short, 

 thumh rudimentary ; hind feet also formed for grasping, fifth toe short ; tail 

 long, somewhat hushy ; general form somewhat thick and compact. 



COMMON DORMOUSE. 



SLEEPER. 



Myoxus avellanarius. (Linnaeus.) 



Specific Character. — Fur light tawny aboTe, paler and yellowish beneath; 

 an elongated patch of white on the throat and fore part of the breast ; tail 

 somewhat shorter than the head and body. 



Mus avellanarius minor, Kay, Syn. Quad. 220. 



Mus avellanarius, 



Sciurus avellanariiis, 

 Myoxus muscardinus, 

 , , avellanarius, 



Le Muscardin, 



Dorm/mse, 



LiNU. Syst. Nat. p. 83, No. 14. Palias, Glir. 



p. 89. 

 Ebxieb. Syst. p. 433, 15. 

 SoHREBBE, Saugth. p. 835, i, t. cofii. 

 Desmae. Mammal, p. 295, sp. 466. Flem. Brit. 



Anim. p. 22. Jentns, Brit. Vert. p. 30. 

 BnEFON, Hist. Nat. VIII. p. 193, t. xxvi. Fk. 



Cuv. Mammif. faso. XXXVIII. 

 Pennant, Brit. Zool. I. p.. 110. Shaw, Gen. Zool. 



II. p. 167, t. cliv. 







