MUSK BEAVER. 
of this gentleman, who was also- an excellent 
botanist, that Tournefoit named the remarka- 
ble genus Sarracenia. BufFon has availed him- 
self of this admirable account ; and we shall, 
in the present article, have little more to do, 
than to transcribe from what he has coilectedo 
The Canadian Musk Rat,'^says BufFon, 
is of the size of a small Rabbit, and of the 
figure of a Rat. It^s head is short, and re- 
sembles that of the Water-Rat. It's hair is 
soft and glossy ; and, beneath the first hair, 
there is a thick down, nearly resembling that 
of the Beaver. Like other Rats, it's tail is 
iong, and covered with scales: but it's form is 
different; for, instead of being cylindrical, it is 
compressed laterally from the middle to the. 
extremity, and roundish near the origin. The 
toes are not united by membranes ; but gar- 
nished with long close hair, v.'hich a<ssists the 
animal in swimming. It's ears are very short ; 
and not naked, as in the Common Rat, but 
covered both internally and externally wirh 
hair. The eyes are large, their aperture being 
about three lines. In the under jaw, there are 
two cutting-teeth, about an inch long; and, 
in 
