THE GROUND S2UIRREL. 



Generic Characters. 

 Two cutting teeth in each jaw. 

 Four toes before, five behind. 

 Tail long, clothed with long hair. 



Synonims. 

 Sciurus Listeri, Raii Syn. Quad. 216. 

 Sciurus minor virgatus, Nov, Com. Petrop. v. 344. 

 Sciurus Carolinensis, Briffon Quad. 

 Sciurus striatus, Linn. Syjl. 87. Klein Quad. 53. 



BoERN-DOESKE, U BmnVoy . MofcOV . ti. 432. 



Mouse Squirrel, JoffelynsVoy. 86. 



Ground Squirrel, Pennant Syn. Quad. 21 0. Lawfon's Carolina, 

 41. 75. Edwards, 181. Kalm. i. 322. tab. i. 



Le Suisse, de Buff on, x. 126. tab. xxviii. Charlevoix Nouv* 

 France, v. 198. 



THIS beautiful little animal is of a reddilh brown colour; its back is 

 marked with a black ftripe, which extends the whole length ; and on each 

 fide are two black lines, extending from the ear to the tail ; thefe lines 

 approximate at the extremities, and gradually feparate towards the middle, 

 and between them is an elegant firipe of pale yellow : the breafi: and belly 

 are white; the nofe and feet are of a pale red: the eyes full and prominent; 

 and the ears plain, having no tufts of hair upon them. The tail is not fo 

 large as that of the Common Squirrel. 



