£25 



Hudson's bay hyrax. 



Hyrax Hudsonius. H, cinereo-fuscus pilis apice albidis, palmis 



plantisqiie tetradactylis. 

 Cinereous-brown Hyrax^ with the hair whitish at the tips^ and 



four toes on all the feet. 

 Tailless Marmot. Pennant Qiiadr, 2. p, 137. 



This was first described by Mr. Pennant, and 

 is in the Leverian Museum. Its colour is a cine- 

 reous brown^ with the ends of the hairs white. 

 It is a native of Hudson's Bay. Its size is nearly 

 that of a common Marmot ; the two upper teeth 

 are moderately large^ and shaped like those of 

 the Cape Hyrax : the four lower are very strong, 

 rather long than broad, and are very abruptly 

 truncated, without any appearance of denticula- 

 tions : the feet are tetradactylous ; of a similar 

 form to those of the Cape Hyrax, but have 

 rounded claws on all the toes. Nothing particu- 

 lar is known of the manners or natural history of 

 this species. 



V. 11, p. I. 



