ATV DOR: ‘4 
MOUSE. 
24. Dor- 
MOUSE, 
DORMOU‘'SE. Crass & 
Two cutting teeth in each jaw. 
Four toes before; five behind. 
Naked ears. | 
Lone tail covered with hair. 
Mus avellanarum minor. The De Buffon, Tom. viii. 193. Tab. 
Dormoufe or Sleeper. Raii 26 
JSjn. quad. 220. Mus avellanarius. Liz. /yf. 83. 
The Dormoufe. Edw. 266. Mus cauda longa pilofa cor- 
Gefner quad. 162. pore rufo gula albicante. 
Glis fupra rufus infra albi- Faun, Suec. 35. 
cans. Briffon quad. 115. . Br. Zool. 45. Sya. quad. No, 
219. 
Brit. Pathew Span. Liron 
Fren. LeMufcardin, Croque- Germ. Rothe, Wald-maus 
noix, Rat-d’or Swed. Skog{mus 
Ital. _Mofcardino Dan.  Kaffel-muus 
8 teow animal agrees with the fquirrel in its 
food, refidence, and fome of its actions: on 
firft fight it bears a general refemblance to it; but 
on a clofer infpection, fuch a difference may be 
difcovered in its feveral parts, as vindicates M. Bri/- 
fon for forming a diftin® genus of the Dormice, ” 
or Ghres. Thefe want the fifth claw on the in- 
terior fide of their fore-feet; nor are their ears 
adorned with thofe elegant tufts of hair that diftin- 
euifh the fquirrel kind. Thefe diftinctions prevale 
in the other fpecies, fuch as the Lerot and Lozr. 
Dormice- 
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