Ckfs I. I^ORMOUSE. 



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Genus XV. The DORMOUSE. 



Species L The D O R M O U S E. 



Mus avellanarum minor. The De Bi(^», Tom. vn'u 193. Ta!/. 



Dormoufe or Sleeper. Raii 26. 



/yn. quad. 220. Mus avellanarius. Lin.fyjl. 83. 



The Dormoufe. Ednu. 266. Mus cauda longa pilofa corpore 



Cefner quad. i6z. rufo gula albicante. Faun, 



Glis fupra rufus infra albicans. Suec. 35. 



Brijfon quad. 115. Br, Zoal. 45 » 



NAMES. 



Brit. Pathew Span- Liron 



Fren. Le Mufcardin, Croque- Germ. Rothe, Wald-mana 



noix, Rat-dor Snued. Skogfmus 



Ital. Mofcardino Dan. KaiEl-muus 



t'jP'HIS animal agrees with the fquirrel In Its 

 JL food, refidence, and fome of its anions ; on 

 firO: fight it bears a general refemblance to it -, but 

 on a clofer infpe(5i:ion, fuch a difference may be dif- 

 covered in its feveral parts, as vindicates M. Brijfon, 

 for forming a diftinft genus of the Dormice, or Glires. 

 Thefe want the fifth claw on the interior fide of their 

 fore-feet ; nor are their ears adorned with thofe ele- 

 gant tufts of hair that diftinguifh the fquirrel kind : 

 their tail is fo covered with hair, as to appear perfeflly 

 round ; while that of the fquirrel appears flat. Thefe 

 diftinflions prevail in the other fpecies, fuch as the 

 Leroi and Loir. 



Dormice inhabit woods, or very thick hedges ; 

 forming their nefts in the hollow of fome low tree, or 



near 



