DORMOUSE. 
iHE Dormouse, or Mus Avellanarius of 
Linnaeus, is cominonly called, in many parts 
of England, the Sleeper. BufFon says, of this 
species, that " they seem not to inhabit Bri- 
tain a singular error, for which it is difE- 
cult to account; since, in fa6r, though not re- 
'markably numerous, Dormice are by no 
means scarce in England. He gives us a bet- 
ter foundation to suspect, that they are rarely 
met with in France ; for he tells us, that 
*' there is a considerable difficulty in procur- 
mg specimens of them." The Fat Squirrel; 
and the Garden Squirrel, often called tiie 
Greater Dormouse, or Sleeper ; both of which 
are large species of Dormice ; appear to be 
more particularly the Dormice of the tempe- 
rate climates of Europe, as our small Com- 
mon Dormouse is most commonly found in 
countries farther north, but not too far. Tire 
first of these three species, BufFon calls the 
Loir ; the second, the Lcrot ; and the last, 
\vhich is our Commoii Dormouse, . the JMus- 
caidiii.' 
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