STRIPED SQUIRREL. 14-9 



inhabits holes in shrubby places, feeding on roots 

 and fruits, of which it collects a magazine for 

 food. 



STRIPED SQUIRREL. 



Sciurus Striatus. S.fusco-Jlavescens, striis quinque Imgitudinali- 



bus nigricantibus. 

 Yellowish-brown Squirrel, with five longitudinal blackish stripes. 

 Sciurus fiavus, striis quinque fuscis longitudinalibus. Lin. Syst, 



Nat. p. 87. 



Ground Squirrel. Catesb. Car. 2. pi. 75. Lam. Car. p» 124. 



Edw.pl. 181. 

 L'Ecureuil Suisse. B^lff'. 10, p, 126. pl» 28. 

 Striped Dormouse. Tennant Quadr. 2, p, 1^7. 



The Striped Squirrel is a native of the northern 

 regions of Asia, and of several of the colder parts 

 of North America : it has also been found, though 

 very rarely, in some parts of Europe, and differs 

 from the major part of the squirrel tribe in its 

 manner of life, which rather resembles that of the 

 dormouse, being chiefly passed in subterraneous 

 retreats or burrows, the apartments of which are 

 filled with various stores of acorns, nuts, grain, 

 &c. collected for winter use. It also resembles 

 some of the murine tribe, in being provided with 

 cheek-pouches, for the temporary reception of 

 food : a particularity not to be found in any other 

 species of squirrel. Its general length is about 

 five inches and a half, and of the tail rather more. 

 Its colour on the upper parts is a reddish brown, 

 and on the under white : down the ridge of the 



