17^ AFRICAN DORMOUSE. 



inches and three lines from nose to tail, which is 

 but three inches and three lines in length. The 

 colour of this kind is also less brown than the for- 

 mer, and has a cast of cinereous olive-colour on 

 the upper parts. It may be doubted whether it 

 does not constitute a distinct species from the 

 former ; but the full history of these animals does 

 not yet appear to be clearly understood. Mr. 

 Pennant places them in the genus Dormouse; 

 and at present we cannot do better than follow 

 the example of that judicious author, who is em- 

 phatically termed by Dr. Palias Primus post im- 

 mortalem Rajum Anglorum solidus Zoologus. The 

 Guerlinguets are said to be easily tamed, and to 

 produce two young at a birth, which they bring 

 forth in the hollows of trees. 



AFRICAN DORMOUSE. 



Myoxus Africanus. M. griseus subtus albidus, linea svperciliari 

 Sr laterali albidis, cauda medio nigra, unguibus palmarum 

 longissimis. 



Ferruginous-grey Dormouse, whitish beneath, with a white 

 superciliary and lateral line, tail black in the middle, and 

 claws on the forc-feet very long. 



Earless Dormouse. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 161, 



This species was communicated to Mr. Pen- 

 nant by Sir Joseph Banks, and is said to be found 

 about the mountains of Sneeburgh, above 800 

 miles above the Cape of Good Hope. Its size is 

 that of a squirrel, but its shape much broader and 



