MAMMALIA. GLIRES. Squirrel. 263 



jS. American Ground Squirrel. — 18. jS. Sc.Jlr. americanus. 



©fa pale colour, with four dufky ftripes on the fides. Muf. ad. Fr. i. 8. Schreber, iv. 790. 

 t. ccxix. 



Sciurus carolinenfis rufus, or Reddifh Carolina Squirrel, having longitudinal black ftripes alter- 

 nating with whitifh yellow ones, on the back and fides. Brill", quad. 155. n. 9. — Lyfter's Squirrel, 

 Raj. quad. 216. — Ground Squirrel. Lawfon, Carol. 124. Catefby, Carol, ii. 75. t. 75. Bricknell, 

 Carol. 129. Edw. av. iv. t. 181. — Roeffelvifsla. Kalm, It. ii. 419. — Ecureil SuiiTe. Charlevoix, 

 Nouv. Fr. iii. 134. — SuhTe, or Ground Squirrel. Sm. BufF. v. 330. pi. cxlvi. 



The Afiatic variety inhabits the whole north of Afia, from the Dwina and Kama rivers eaftwards. — 

 It lives chiefly on the feeds of trees, efpecially thofe of the Pinus cembra ; and is about five inches 

 and a half long. The American variety inhabits the lefs frigid regions of North America, as far as 

 New Spain. — It dwells moftly in the woods, but never afcends trees unlefs when it cannot otherwife 

 efcape from purfuit; it forms burrows under ground in the fame manner with the Hamfter, and, like 

 that animal, is provided with pouches in the cheeks j in thefe burrows, which are formed with great 

 ingenuity, having long branched galleries leading to feveral apartments, it ftores up provilions for 

 winter, placing Maize, Acorns, Hickery nuts, Chinquapin chefnuts, and other articles, all in feparate 

 chambers. It lives moftly on grain, and is very deftructive to corn fields; bites feverely, is very wild, 

 and can fcarcely be tamed. This variety is fomewhat longer than the Afiatic, being near fix inches 

 long from the fnout to the origin of the tail. 



The head of the Ground Squirrel is more lengthened than that of the other fpecies ; the ears are 

 naked, rounded, and. very fliort ; the body thin and lengthened ; the legs and feet are fhort ; the 

 fur is fliort and harfh. That defcribed by Mr Pennant, from a fpecimen in the Leverian Mufeum, 

 is the American variety ; the head, body, and tail are of a reddifh brown colour ; the back is marked 

 with a longitudinal black ftripe, each fide with a pale yellow ftripe, bounded both above and below by 

 a black line ; the breaft and belly are white ; the nofe and feet pale red ; and the eyes are large and ' 

 full: If the winter ftores in its holes happen to fail, it digs into cellars for apples, and-into barns for 

 corn, doing a great deal of mifchief ; it is huntol after by cats with great avidity. 



2'2. Brazilian Squirrel. — 19. Sciurus aejluans. 9. 



Of a dufky colour tinged with yellowifh on the upper parts of the body ; the infide of 

 the legs and belly yellow, with a white ftripe along the middle of the belly; the tail 

 is round, and annulated with black and yellow. Perm. hill, of quad. n. 277. 



Brafilian Squirrel. Marcgr. Braf. 230. 



/3. Striped Brafilian Squirrel. — Sc. aeji.fafciatus. 



Of a mixed dufky and yellow colour, with. white {tripes on the fides, and a black taiL 

 Briff. quad. 154. n. 7. 



Inhabits Brafil and Guiana. — The ears are plain and roundifh ; the fur is foft ; the head and bo- 

 dy meafure fomewhat more than eight inches, and the tail teru 



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