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MYOXUS. DORMOUSE. 



Generic Chai^acter. 



Denies Primores duo : supe- 



riores cuneati : inferiores 



compressi. 

 Molares utrinque quatuor. 

 My St aces longse. 

 Cauda villosa, teres, versus 



apicem crassior. 

 Pedes sequalis longitudinis, 



anteriores tetradactyli. 



Front-teeth two : the upper 

 cuneated : the lower com- 

 pressed. 



Grinders four in each jaw. 



Vibrissa long. 



Tail cylindric, villose, thick- 

 er towards the end. 



Legs of equal length : fore- 

 feet tetradactylous. 



FAT DORMOUSE. 



Myoxus Glis. cams, suhtus albidus, Lin. Syst. Nat.p, 155. 

 Grey Dormouse^ whitish beneath. 

 Sciurus Glis. Li?i. Syst. Nat. p. 87. 

 Mus Glis. Pall. Glir. p. 88. 



Glis. Plifi. Hist. Nat, lib. 8. c. 57. Gesn, Quadr. 6jg, 



Aldr. dig. 407. 

 Le Loir. Bnff, 8. p. 158. pi. 24. 

 Fat Dormouse. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 158. 



This species, the Glis of Pliny and the old 

 naturalists, is a native of France and the South of 

 Europe. It also occurs in Russia, Austria, See. 

 residing on trees, and leaping from bough to 

 bough in the manner of a squirrel, though with a 



