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Zc'nini. 
Gundi. 
IJudfonius 
Alaullnm, 
* Vulgaris, 
2 . 
3 - 
4 - 
5 - 
6 . 
AIAMMALA. GLIRES. Sciurus. 
Eihubits lltm^iiTy j ylujlviu and Zoltzud j a foot lon^# 
Ears fliort ; body monfc-grey ; feet 5-toed ; eyes mino'J' 
concealed, Pcdolian 
Inhabits Ruffta, Poland, Perjia, znA China ; llrong, mifchievC*^ 
larger than the laft, refenibles in habits A. marmota ; the 
of birds and vermin ; gravid 3 — 4 sveeks, brings 3 — 8 yourf; 
Varies in colour and fize, fometimes fpotted with white ; 
fomctimes longifli, with the hair Hied like a fquirrcl. 
Ears wide, open, truncate ; body brick-duft colour. 
Inhabits Barbary, near Mouni Atlas ; fize of a fmall rabbi‘' 
burrows in long deep caves. 
Tail fhort; fore-teeth upper large, truncate, lower 
pointed ; feet 4-toed, clawed. 
Earslbort; tailo; body brown-afli, Tailiejs^^' 
Inhabits Hudfon’s Bay. 
Hairs tipt with white ; fore-teeth upper 2, lower 4. 
Ears fliarp ; feet 5-toed ; body reddifli-brown. Chilefe 
Inhabits woods of Chili: 2^ feet long. 
Snout long ; whifkers 4 rows ; tail a little hairy. 
29. SCIURUS. Fore-teeth 2, upper wedgc^' 
lower acute ; grinders upper, each 
5, lower 4; c/tzTOc/wperfecl; 
each fide ; xuhijkers long. 
Squirr^^' 
Thefc; are ufually aftive, elegant, eafily tamed, and climb dext^'j 
(iufly, leaping from tree to tree ; a few are fubterraneous ; i 
live mollly on feeds and fruit; fome le;ip in running, 
are furnilhcd with a flying membrane. Body thickifh : .rl 
fliort, toes 4 before ivith the rudiments of a thumb, 5 bebi'’, 
head broad ; ears long, oval ; tail long, hairy, goner’" 
turned over the back, ° 
A. Flyhg mcmlram to-, cllmlers. 
Ears bearded at the tip ; tail colour of the back, 
T- , Common 
Epper parts rcddiln-brown ; breafi; and belly white. 
Tail pure white. v 
In winter blueilh-afb ; In fuinmer red, belly white. 
Uniformly black. 
Entirely white; eyes red. 
