MAMMALIA. GLIRES. Dormoufe. 2;i 



Inhabits France and the fouth of Europe, and in the fouth-wefr. of Ruffla, about the Volga, and Sa- 

 mara — This animal is the EAs«. ; of Ariftotle, m™| 0( of Oppian, and G/ls of Pliny ; it was held in 

 great efteem among the Romans, as a luxurious delicacy; they were fed in places called gliriaria, con- 

 ftrufted for the purpofe, and they are ftill eaten by the modern Italians. It forms a neft in the hol- 

 low of fome tree, in which it fleeps all day ; feeds in the night on nuts, walnuts, the feeds of apples, 

 &c. and grows very fat in autumn : About the month of Oclober they gather in troops, and, retiring 

 into fubterranean burrows, remain torpid till near the end of May. This animal is about the fize of 

 the Common Squirrel, but thicker in the body, being fix inches long from nofe to rump, and the tail 

 five; the ears are thin and naked; the cheeks are white; and the whifkers are long: The female has 

 ten teats, fix of which are fituated on the breaft, and four on the belly ; and flie brings from nine to 

 twelve young ones at a litter. 



2. Wood Dormoufe. — 2. Myoxus Dryas. 2. 



Gf a reddifh brown or tawny grey colour on the upper, and dirty white on the under 



parts of the body ; having a black line from ear to ear acrols the eyes. Schreber, iv. 

 t. cexxv. B. 



Inhabits Europe.— This fpecies, or rather variety, only differs from the following, in colour, in ha- 

 ving a fhorter and more bufhy tail, and in the want of the black fpots near the ears : They are, how- 

 ever, placed by Dr Gmelin as diftinct fpecies. . 



3. Garden Dormoufe. — 3. Myoxus Nitela. 3. 

 Of a tawny colour on the upper, and whitifh afh, tinged yellow, on the under parts of 

 the hody; having a black circle round each eye, and a black fpot behind each ear. 

 Schreber, iv. t. cexxvi. 



Mas quercinus, or Oak Moufe, having a long, hairy tail, and a black fpot under each eye. 

 Syft. nat. ed. xii. i. 84. n. 15.— Mus nitedula, or Bright-yellow Moufe. Pallas, Glir. 88. n. 32.-, 

 M. avellanarum, or Filbert Moufe. Gefn. quad. 833. Jonft. quad. 16S. t. 66.-M. avellan. major, 

 or Larger Filbert Moufe. Aldrov. dig. 439. Raj. quad. 419.- Sciurus canus, or Hoary Squirrel, 

 With a whitifh belly, and a black fpot under each eye. Erxleb. mam. 432. n. 1 j._ Glis, or Dor- 

 moufe, of a dull afh colour on the upper, and whitifh afh colour on the under parts of the body, 

 with a black fpot at each eye. BrifT. quad. 161.— Lerot, or Garden Squirrel.. Sm. Buff. iv. 332.. 

 pl. xciv. f..2. Penn. fynopf. n. 218.— Garden Dormoufe. Penn, hift. of quad. n. 288. 



Inhabits the fouth parts of Europe and Ruffia.-This animal infefis gardens, and is very deftruc-, 

 live to all kinds of fruit, efpecially peaches ; makes a neft in the hollows of trees and holes of walls 

 and is often found in Magpies nefts ; it fmells rank like a Rat. The body and head meafure fie' 

 inches long, and the tail four; the eyes are black and full, and are furrounded with a large black fpot 

 which reaches to the bafe of the ears ; the ears are oblong; the tail is furrounded with fhort hairs' 

 for more than half its length, and grows bufhy at the end. It procreates in fpring, and the female 

 produces five or fix young ones in fummer, 



