2 7® MAMMALIA. GLIRES. Dormoufe, 



582 8. Phillips Flying-Squirrel.— S. Petaurus norfolcenfis. 



Of a dark grey colour on the upper, and white on the under parts, with a dufky black 

 line along the back from nofe to tail; a long bufhy tail, and fhort ears. 



Norfolk-Ifland Flying -Squirrel. Phillips, 'voyvto, New South Wales, 151. and pi. 



Inhabits Norfolk ifland, off the coaft of New South Wales. — This animal is nine inches long from 

 the head to the rump, and the tail is ten inches in length ; the upper part of the membrane is black, 

 edged with white ; a black line rifes on each fide of the head near the noftrils, and, paffing over the 

 eyes, finiihes above the ears ; the ears are very fhort, fcarcely riling above the fur; the firft two- 

 thirds of the tail are afh coloured, paler than the body, the outer third is a dufky black ; each fore 

 paw has five hooked claws, but thofe of the hind feet are uncertain, as the fpecimen brought to Eng- 

 land wanted ihe hind legs. 



XXIX. DORMOUS E.— 28. MTO XV S. 



"Has two fore-teeth in each jaw; the upper ones wedge-like, 

 and thofe below GomprefTed fidewife. The muzzle is gar- 

 nifhed with long whifkers. The tail is hairy, round, and 

 becomes thicker towards the extremity. The fore and hind 

 legs are not remarkably unequal in length ; and the fore feet 

 have four toes. 



The animals of this genus all walk, or rather leap, on their hind legs, like the Jerboas, ufing the 

 foles of the feet as far as the heel, and fpring three or four feet at a bound, in which they are affifted 

 by their long ftiff* tails. They form holes, or burrows, under ground, in which they remain torpid 

 in winter, and in fummer they fleep moft of the day, going out only at night, and feed entirely on 

 vegetable food. They eat in a fitting pofture, carrying their food in their fore paws ; and when 

 thirfty, they dip their fore feet, with the toes bent, into water, and carry it to their mouth. 



^83 1. Hoary Dormoufe.— I. Myoxus Gl'is. i. 



Of a hoary or pale afh colour on the upper, and whitifh on the under .parts of the 

 body ; the tail full of long hair. Schreber, iv. t. ccxxv. 



Sciurus canus, or Hoary Squirrel, with a -whitifh belly. Syft. nat. ed. xii. i. 87. Erxleb. mam. 

 429. — Sciurus epilepticus. Klein, quad. 54. — Mus cauda pilofa. BrifT. quad. 160. — Mus Glis. 

 Pallas, Glir. 88. n. 33. - Gils. Gefn. quad. 619. Aldrov. dig. 407. f. p. 409. Jonft. quad. 164. 

 t. 67. Raj. quad. 229. Loir, or Fat Squirrel. Sm. Buff. iv. 325. pi. xciv. f. 1. Pcnn. fynepf. 

 n. 217. — Fat Dormoufe. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 287. 



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