Mipes, 
‘Ser. 
3 . 
'■’■ntrcus 
Hu 
ifoniiis 
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K..-. 
Sinian. 
mammalia. GLIRES. Sciarus. gr 
and temperate parts of Afia, in trees and woods ; 
aiies from dark to light according to climate ; feeds on nuts, 
01 ns and berries ; hides what it cannot cat ; cats with its fore- 
haunches; drinks little, in winter quenches 
”■ with Ihow ; leaps to a valf diftance, and is laid to pafs 
nvers upon a piece of bark or wood erefting its tail for a lail : 
orms a round neft of mofs ; when fitting fhades its back with 
1 *-1^' f 8°°'^! is preyed upon by vermin, ferpents, and 
’u s or prey ; gravid a month, brings q — 7 twice a year : 
winter Ikins valuable. > 6 <5 / . . 
ass fli^htly tufted; body above rcddifli-brown, beneath 
T duiky. TVhiteHcggcd Sq. 
Inhabits CtyLon: tail Ihorter than the lift. 
Ears not bearded ; body black. Black Sq. 
' -tNole^, neck, and tip of the tail white, 
n horlh America mA New Spain: gregarious; mifehiev- 
ous to fields of maize ; tail flrortilh. 
Ears not bearded ; body tawny mixed with allr, large. 
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infide of the legs and thighs black. ^ 
n abits A orlh America : fize of a fmall rabbit ; fur coarfe ; ears 
at the tips, and tail tawny. 
bearded ; body cinereous ; belly white. Grey Sq. 
n abits North America, and Peru: builds in hollow trees ; lays 
walte plantations of piaize ; forms lubterraneous magazines for 
Winter provifion ; dellroyed by the rattle fnake ; lize of a 
iraall rabbit. 
Tail long, bulhy, ftriped with black. 
Ears naked ; back dark..grey ; belly alh ; tail dark-grey, 
T with black. Hudjon's Bay Sq, 
Inhabits the pine forefls of Labr adore : fmaller than the common 
Iqmrrel, 
Ears naked ; body mixed grey, w'hite and rufty ; beneath 
white ; tail brown mixed with black and edged with 
white. Carolina Sq. 
nliabits Carolina: fize of the laft, variable in colour. 
Body mixed dirty-white and black ; fur coarfe: 
Virginian Sq. 
^ ^ Inhabits 
