250 MAMMALIA. GLIRES. Marmot. 



The body is thick and fhort, with a large thick head, flattened at the" top, and having a thick blunt 

 nofe, which is often carried erect when the animal fits ; the two bones of the lower jaw are moveable 

 on each other ; the ears are fliort, round, hairy, and ahnoft hid in the fur ; the cheeks are covered 

 and furrounded with long hair ; the muzzle has {even rows of whifkers ; above and below each eye 

 is placed a black wart, on the former of which are fix, and on the latter, feven, briftly hairs; the legs 

 are fiiort, and the conical thumbs of the fore feet have each a dulky flat nail; the tail is ftraight, and 

 is covered with long hairs : The fur on the upper part of the body is of a brownifh afh colour, mixed 

 with tawny yellow; the fides are paler, and the lower parts reddilh, having a future or parting of the 

 liair, all along the belly, from the throat to the anus ; the tip of the tail is very dark brown, ahnoft 

 black: The body and head meafure fixteen inches, and weigh nine pounds; the tail is about fix inches 

 long. 



523 2. Monax. — 2. Arciomys Monax. 2. 



Has fliort rounded ears ; the nofe and cheeks are bluifh ; the body is of a deep brown, 

 colour; the tail is longifb, and very hairy. Schreber, iv. 737. t. ccviii. 



Mus grileus, of a dark brown grey colour, with a bluifh. nofe ; having a convex head, external. 

 ears, and four toes on the fore feet. Pallas, Glir. 74. ru 2. — Mo.ufe, of a brown afh colour ; ha- 

 ving a hairy tail- of a middle length, roundifh ears, four toes- before and five behind. Syft. nat. ed. 

 xii. 81. n. 8. — Glis fufcus, Marmota americana, or American Marmot, of a brown colour, with a 

 bluifh afh coloured nofe. Briff. quad. 164. n. 5. — Glis Monax, with a brown body, the fides and; 

 belly of a paler colour. Erxleb. mam. 361. — Monax. Edw. av.. ii.. t. 104. Sm. Buff. iv. 346. ph. 

 xcviii. — Maryland Marmot. Penn. hifh of quad. n. 260. Arch, zooh n. 44. 



Inhabits the warmer ftates of North America, and the Bahamas This fpecies, in America,, forms 



holes in the clefts of rocks and under the roots of trees, in which it pafles the winter in a torpid ftate; 

 but it is uncertain if thofe of the Bahamas hybernate, as the climate of thefe ifiands is very mild. The 

 head is not fo thick and large as in the former fpecies, and the fhout is fomewhat lengthened, the 

 nofe and cheeks being of a bluifh afh colour; the ears are fhort and rounded; the eyes are black and 

 prominent ; the feet and legs are blac-k, having long fharp claws - y the tail is half the length of the 

 body, and is covered with longifh dulky hairs. This animal is about the fize of a Rabbit ; it feeds 

 on vegetables ; and its flefh is very good, refembling that of a Pig. 



524 3- Bobak. — 3. Arilomys Bobac. 3. 



Of a greyifh colour, mixed with long dufky hairs on the upper parts of the body, the 

 under parts yellovvifh : Has fmall oval ears ; a hairy tail ; and the fore feet have each 

 a claw in place of the thumb or fifth toe. Schreber, iv. 738. t. ccix. 



Mus Arcfomys, with a rounded head, having external ears ;. the tail fhort and hairy; a claw on 

 each fore foot in place of the inner, or fifth toe ; the upper parts of the body grey, and the under 

 parts yellowifk. Pallas, Glir. 75. 97. 98. t. c. — Glis Marmotta polonica, or Polifh Marmot, of a 

 yellbwilh colour, with a reddifh head. Briff. quad. 165. — Bobak. Rzaczinfki, hift. nat. Polon. 235-. 

 Sm. Buff. vii. 198. pi. cexxi. Forfter, Phil. Tranf. lvii. 343. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 262. Arch 

 scol. i. 115. A. 



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