118 
WATER RAT. 
27. Water. Le Rat d’Eau, Belon 30. pl. 
MAnneRS. 
ii 
Mus” major aquaticus, feu 
Rattus aquaticus. Rai 
Jpn. quad. 217. 
Sorex aquaticus. 
Peo 5: 
Meyers an. U. Tab. 84. 
Mus cauda longa pilis fupra 
ex nigro et flavefcente 
“mixtis, infra cinereis vef- 
_titus. Briffon quad. 124. 
c¢ harlion 
Crass ft 
De Buffon, Tom. vii. 348. Tab. 
“he 
Mus amphibius. 
elongata pilofa plantis pal- 
matis. Lin fy. 82. 
ee a 
Mus. cauda 
Caftor caudalinearitereti. Faux. 
Suec. 25. Ed. 1. Mus amphi- 
bius 52. Ed. 2. 
Mus aquatilis. Klein quad. 
57° 
Br. Zool. 48. Syz. quad. 23 
228. 
Brit. Llygoden y dwfr Germ. Waffer maufe. W. Ratz 
Fren. Le Rat d’eau Dut. Water-rot 
ftal, Sorgo morgange Swed. Watn-ratta 
5 pan. Dan. Vand-rotte 
Port. 
INN AUS, from the external appearance of 
this animal, has in one of his fyftems placed 
it in the fame genus with the beaver. The form 
of the head, the fhortnefs of the ears, and the thick- 
nefs of the fur and the places it haunts, vindicate in 
fome degree the opinion that naturalift was at that 
time of: but the form of the tail is fo different from 
that of the beaver, as to oblige him to reftore the 
water rat to the clafs in which he found it, 
fyftem of our illuftrious countryman Ray. | 
The-water-rat never frequents houfes; but is 
in the 
alwavs found on the banks of rivers, ditches and 
It feeds on 
ponds, where it burrows and breeds. 
{mall fith, or the fry of greater; on frogs, infects, 
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