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mammalia. GLIRES. Arflomys. 89 
) tail longifh, hairy ; body 
InEihifc" Maryland M. 
lev' ' parts oi K Orth America, in holes of rocks, win- 
hze of a rabbit; flefli good. 
blac^kifh^' iharp ; half the length of the body, 
*s fmall, oval; tail hairv; fore-thumb clawed; body 
grey, beneath yellowifi;. ^ 
n w us, drv and funny mountains of temperate Afia and China, 
unoU’s ; lives in families of 20 — 24; goes abroad 
• inmg and mio-day leaving a ccntlnel at the entrance of its 
; tmud, feeds on vegetables ; defends itlblf with its fore- 
pj'vs: hts on its haunches : eafily tamed; eats with its forc- 
icet . m lummer voracious : T.eeps in winter : flefligood: fat 
tiled for dreffing leather and furs : i6 Inches long, tail M. 
>«lmall: <(Jt/ annulate with dulky, tip black ; teats 8. * 
Ears fltort, round ; tail hairy ; body' above mixed tjrev, be- 
. . . Camdi'anM, 
^ts A orth America, tame, hllTes-; ii inches long, tail 2.-\. 
ead round; nofe blunt ; cheeks full, grey; hair of the bark 
roots, middle black, tips whitilh ; feet black, 
na -ed, g-toed, with the rudiments of a thumb before, c-toad 
othind; claws Ib'ong. 
Ears (liort, oval; tail, feet black; hair of the back, lides 
T f, m I'.arlh, hoary. ' Hcari M- 
n lahits J\ orih America ; rel'embles in habits A. monax : lize of 
a rabbit. 
^ife black at the tip ; cheeks whitifh ; crown and claws brown ; 
da/r cinereous at the bale, middle black, tips white ; toes at 
before, 5 behind. 
ars very fliort ; tail hairy, Ihort; body above ycllowilh- 
brown with many fmall white fpots. Cafan M. 
n la^ Its Cafan and Aujiria, in holes on the declivities of moun- 
tains; burrows deep, winding, with fcveral entrances and 
many apartments in which are llofed pulfe and corn ; fize of 
a large rat. ^ 
i/ead and body lengthened; face, breafi and belly pale yellow ; 
an yellowilh-brown ; toes 4 before with a lliort thumb, 5 
behind, 2 outer fliort, 3 other long. 
Ears o ; tail very fljort ; body cinereous ; nofe blunt. 
Eathfs M, 
y oil Ii~ N Inhabit?! 
