Class I. 



WATER RAT. 



145 



mice, in many respects ; but exceeding them in 

 bulk. 



I suspect that this rat came in ships origi- 

 nally from the East Indies. They are found 

 there and also in vast numbers in Persia, from 

 whence they have made their way westerly even 

 to Petersburg. 



Le Rat d'Eau, Belon 30. pi. 



31. 

 Mus major aquaticus, seu 



Rattus aquaticus. Raii 



syn. quad. 217. 

 Sorex aquaticus. Charlton 



ex. 25. 

 Meyer s an. ii. Tab. 84. 

 Mus cauda longa pilis supra 



ex nigro et flavescente 



mixtis, infra ci nereis ves- 



titus. Brisson quad. 124. 



DeBuffon, Tom. vii. 348. Tab. 27- Water. 



43. 

 Mus amphibius. Mus cauda 



elongata pilosa plantis pal- 



matis. Gm. Lin. 132. 

 Castor cauda lineari tereti. Faun. 



Suec. 25. Ed. 1. Mus amphi- 

 bius 52. Ed. 2. 

 Mus aquatilis. Klein quad. 



57- 

 Br. Zoo I. 48. Hist. quad. ii. 



No. 380. p. 182. ArcL Zool. 



i. 152. 



Brit. 



Llygoden y dwfr 



Germ. 



Wasser mause. W. Ratz 



Fren. 



Le Rat d'eau 



But. 



Water-rot 



Ital. 



Sorgo morgange 



Swed. 



Watn-ratta 



Span. 





Dan. 



Vand-rotte. 



Port. 









LlNNJEUS from the external appearance of this 

 animal, has in one of his systems placed it in 

 the same genus with the beaver. The form 

 of the head, the shortness of the ears, the 



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