MAMMALIA. PECORA. 15, 16, 11. 13 



■ Jere-feet 4-toed, with an additional claw : hind-feet 5-toed : toes 

 long : claws strong and sharp : tail about 7 inches long, clothed with, 

 long hair which is generally spread on each side. 



15. MYOXUS. Dormouse. 

 34 M. muscardinus. Tawny-red, with the throat whitish * 

 thumbs of the hind-feet without claws. 



Common Dormouse. Shaw Zoo I. t. 154. Buffon 8. t. 26. 



Body about 3 inches long, plumper than that of the mouse : eyes 

 large, black, prominent : ears broad, rounded, thin, semitranspa- 

 rent : tail 2 inches and a half long, closely covered with hair, rather 

 bushy at the tip. 



16. LEPUS. Bare. 

 35. L. timidus. Pale rusty-brown, the chin and belly 

 white: tail very short: ears longer than the head, 

 tipt with black. 



Common Hare. Shaw Zool. t. 162. Buffon 6. t. 38. 



Body about 2 feet long, of a rather slender make : throat and breast 

 ferruginous : head oblong : mouth clothed with fhort hair on the 

 inside : upper-lip cloven : nostrils moift, moveable : eyes large, yel- 

 lowifh brown, placed much outwards, furnifhed with a nictitant 

 membrane : w hiskers long, white : fur on the face, back and fides, 

 white at the roots, black in the middle, tawny-red at the ends ; 

 hind-legs longer than the forefeet covered underneath with fur ; 

 tail black above, white underneath. 



3u. L. zzriabilis. Tawny-grey, becoming pure white in 

 the winter, except the tips of the ears and soles of 

 the feet, which remain black : tail very short : ear* 

 shorter than the head. 



2. The fides only turning white in the Winter. 

 Alpine Hare. Pennant Brit. Zool. tab. 16. n. 21. 



Body lefs than the laft, in the fummer the head greyifh-tawny, 

 ears and bach tawny slightly mixed with black, w<?c>Tihclining to 

 ash-colour, sides becoming gradually whiter downwards, belly 

 white, foles black and thickly covered with yellowish fur ; tail 

 compofed of fewer joints. 



3^. L. Cuniculus. Ears tipt with black : hind-legs shorter 

 ' than the body : tail short, nearly the colour of the 

 body. 



Rabbet. Pennant Zool. t. 10. Shaw Zool. t. 162. 



Body about 18 inches long, in a wild ftate dusky-brown paler 

 underneath, varying much in colour when domefticated : ears 

 shorter than the head and more rounded: tail black above, white 

 underneath. 



ORDER IV. PECORA. 

 H. CEtlVUS. Deer. 



38, C. Elaphus. Reddish-brown, whitish underneath* 

 horns branched, cylindrical, slightly bending back- 

 wards. 



Stag, Red Deer. Shaw Zool. t. 177. Buffon 6. t. 9. 10. 



Body about 3 feet and a half high, varying in size and colour, the 

 younger-ones fpot.ted with white : under the eyes on each side a 

 diftinct lachrymal furrow : ears long, pointed : floras a little flexu- 

 ous, with sharp pointed ramifications varying in number. 



39. C. Damn. Yellowish-brown, whitish underneath; 

 horns compressed, branched, palmate at top, slightly 

 recurved* 



