Class I. 



DORMOUSE. 



137 



GENUS XIV. DORMOUSE. 



Toes four before; five behind. 



Ears naked. 



Tail long covered with hair. 



The 



Raii 



Mus avellanarum minor. 



Dormouse or Sleeper. 



syn. quad. 220. 

 The Dormouse. Ediv. 266. 

 Gesner quad. 162. 

 Glis supra rufus infra albicans 



Brisson quad. 115. 



De Buffon, Tom. viii. 1Q3. 



Tab. 26. 

 Myoxus Muscardinus. Grn. 



Lin. 155. 

 Mus cauda longa pilosa cor- 



pore rufo gula albicante. 



Faun. Suec. 35, 

 Br. Zool. 45. Hist. quad. ii. 



N«. 359. p. 157. Arct. Zool 



i. 149. 



Brit. Pathew Span. Liron 



Fren. Le Muscardin, Croque- Germ. Rothe, Wald-maus 



noix, Rat-d'or Swed. Skogsmus 



Ital. Moscardino Dan. Kassel-muus. 



JL HIS animal agrees with the squirrel in its food, 

 residence, and in some of its actions : on first 

 sight it bears a general resemblance to it, but 

 on a closer inspection, such a difference may be 

 discovered in its several parts, as vindicates M. 

 Brisson for forming a distinct genus of the Dor- 

 mice, or Glires. These want the fifth claw on 

 the interior side of their fore-feet, nor are their 

 ears adorned with those elegant tufts of hair 



24. Por« 



MOUSE. 



