THE ALPINE MARMOT. 



Generic Characters. 



Two cutting teeth in each jaw. 

 Four toes before, five behind. 

 Short ears, or none. 



Tail covered with hair, and of a middling length; in fome, very fhort. 



Alpine Marmot, Pennant Hifl. Quad. vol. ii. p. 128. 

 Mus Alpinus, Plinii, lib. viii. c. 37. Agricola An. Subter. 484, 

 Gefner Quad. 743. RaiiSyn. Quad. 221. 



NATURALISTS have placed the Marmot in the fame clafs with the 

 Hare and the Rat ; and, on a careful examination of its different parts, we 

 difcover a partial agreement with both thefe animals : its nofe, lips, and the 

 general form of its head refembling the former; and its ears, teeth, and 

 claws correfponding exactly with thofe of the latter: in other relpedls, 

 however, it has no analogy to either kind, but, on the contrary, is diftinguilhed 

 from aim oft every Ipecies of quadrupeds, by various habitudes that are entirely 

 peculiar to itfelf. 



Its ears are round, and fo fhort as to be almoft hidden in the fur; its 

 cheeks are large; its head, and the upper part of its body, are of a brownifh 

 alh colour, mingled with tawny; its legs and belly are reddifh ; its tail is 



Synonims. 



Glis Marmota, Klein Quad. 5(5. Hijl. Mur. Alp. 230, 

 Murmelthier, Kramer Auftr. 317. 

 Mus Marmota, Linn. Syjl, 81. 



