Cast). SUOSUALFR IRVEOL, 107 
Two cutting teeth in each jaw. p pee ae 
i IRREL. 
Four toes before; five behind. at 
Tufted ears. 
Long tail cloathed with long hair. 
Sciurus vulgaris. Raii /yn. quad. — palmis 4-daéylis plantis 23. Common. 
214. 5-dactylis. Lin. fyft. 86. 
Meyer’s an. i. Tab. 97. Sciurus palmis folis faliens. 
Gefner quad. 845. Faun. Succ. +37. 
Sciurus rufus, quandoque otifeo Sc. vulgaris rubicundus. 
admixto. Briffox quad. 104. Klein quad, 53. : 
De Buffon, Tom. Vii.258.7ab.32. Br. Zool. 44. Syn. quad. 
Sciurus auriculis apice barbatis, No. 206. 
Brit. Gwiwair Germ. Eichorn, Eichmerm- 
Fren. L’Ecureuil lin 
Jtal. Scoiattolo, Schiarro, Schi- Dzwzt. Inkhoorn 
) ratto Swed. Ikorn, grafkin 
Span. Harda, Hardilla, Efguilo Dan. Ekorn 
Port. Cuiuro 
HE fquirrel derives its name from the form N 4 ™ =. 
of its tail, ome a fhade, zea a tail, as ferv- 
ing this little animal for an umbrella. That part 
is long enough to cover the whole body, and is 
clothed with long hairs, difpofed on each fide ho- 
rizontally, which gives it a great breadth. Thefe 
ferve a double purpofe; when erected, they prove 
‘a fecure protection from the injuries of heat or 
cold; when extended, they are very inftrumental 
in promoting thofe vaft leaps the fquirrel takes from 
tree to tree. On the authority of Klein and Linneus, 
2 we 
