IvfAMMALIA. GLIRES. Alyoxus. 97 
,10. MAOXUS. Fore-fecih 2 , upper wedged, 
lower Compreffed lideways: u'hifkers 
long : tail hairy, round, thicker to- 
wards the tip ; feet nearly equal in 
length, 4 toes before. Dormouje. 
Tlicfc all remain torpid during winter; walk or ratVier leap on 
their hind-legs, bounding 3 — 4 feet at a time, in which tl^y 
ore alTilted by the long llifF tail; feed only on vegetables, 
burrow under ground ; fleep by day, watch by night ; carry 
food to the mouth by the. fore-paws, and drink by dipping the! 
fi^re-palnis in water. 
Body hoary, beneath whitifh. Fat D. 
Iniiabiis in the woods of Europe and (outherh Afia ; feeds on 
nuts, walntits, apple-lecds ; forms its nefl in hollow trees ; 
bites ; flcejis by day ; grows very fat in autumn ; about Oflo- 
ber retires by troops into fubterraneous caverns, and remains 
torpid till the end of May ; brings 9 — 12 young; flefh form- 
erly eflecmcd a deiicacyby the Romans ; 6 inches long, tail 5. 
I'-ars thin, naked ; cheeks white ; tckijkers longer than the head ; 
teats to, 6 p'eftoral, 4 abdominal. 
Body above tawny-grey, beneath dirty-^white ; a flraight 
black line from car to car acrofs the eyes. Wood D~ 
Inhabits Europe; differs from tlie reft only in colour, -tail 
fhorter, more bufliy ; no black fpots near the ears. 
Body above tawny, beneath whitifh-afh 4 a black circle 
round the eyes, and a black fpot behind the ears. 
Garden D~ 
Inhabits Ibuthefn parts of Europe and Siberia, chiefly in gardens, 
where it deftroys all kinds of fruit, efpecially peaches ; makes 
Its neft in holes of v/alls and hollow trees ; fraells like a rat ; 
brings 5 — 6 youVig ; body 5, tail 4 inches long. 
Fyes large, black ; ears oblong ; tail bufhy at the end. 
Body tawny ; throat whitifh ; hind-thumbs without claws; 
Common D- 
' ^^'habits Europe, in woods and thick hedges, feldom in gardens, 
collefts nuts and walnuts, which it eats fitting upright, and 
buries what is left ; forms a n'eft of grafs, mols or leaves in the 
hollow of a tree or a low bufh ; torpid in winter ; biings 3 4. 
young ; body 3 inches long, tall I'omewhat longer. 
Eyes large, black, prominent ; ears fhort, round, naked, thin ? 
tail bulhy at the tip ; bodr plumper than the moule. 
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