9 ^' MAMA 4 ALIA. GLIRES. DIPUS. 
31. DiPUS. Forc-tecth 2G.2ich]a.\v JoreM 
very Piort, hind-legs very long: 
long, tufted at the tip. Jerho^ 
I'ht'fe in their hnbits rctrable dormice, ; by means of the P"' 
Iiind-legs make prodigious bounds, and ufe the fore-pas'"^ ’ 
. _ can-)' food to the mouth. 
Jiicidiis, I'cct 4-tOed ; fore-feet witli a claw inftead of the thurnh-j 
CotmyionJ^ 
Inhabits Egypt, Arahia hvith- Siberia, in firm ground 
fields covered with herbage g is not eafily tamed; refts 
the hind-legs under the belly, and fore- legs near the throii^' 
as not to be ealily Icen ; forms long winding burrows, 
chamber at the end half a yard below thc^lurface ; feeds 
i<x>ts, grain, grals; cuts grals which when diy it carries''’*, 
its retreats for winter provifion ; llcni eaten by the Cali®’’* 
and Arabs ; body y inches long, tail 1 o. 
Ihud-legs 3 times as long as the fore; naked ; 
brovoi, black at the end, tip white; teats %, diftant ; 
above pale brown, beneath whitillr ; ears and feet ^ 
coloured. 
Sagitta. Hind-feet 3-tocd; thumb-claw 0. Arahinttf. 
Inhabits Arabia and Siberia near the Irtijli, in fandy 
6 inches long. ; . . 
Head rounded ; cars longer than the head ; toes hairy ; tail s*”* 
I a fmall tuft. 
u'Egyptuis, Hind-feet 3-toed; fore-thumb with a claw. Egyptia>‘f 
Inhabits Egypt and Barbary, on fandy plains and hitls» ,( 
Body thin, flattened at the fides ; hair on the head and upP,,,- 
paiys long, loft, cinereous at the roots, pale tawny at V 
ends ; breaji and belly whitilh, with a dulky band acrofs ^ 
upper parts of the thighs. 
Saliens. 
Hmd-feet 3-toed, with two fpurious toes above; K, 
thumb-claw o. Siberia" ^ 
■ Body gt inches long, tail to. j 
Npje truncate, edged with white ; ears large, pointed, whi< 
the tips, naked within ; hair above and on the thighs df 
the ends; breaJl, belly 
, Body lizc of a rat ; colour of the laft ; a white line 
the top of each thigh. 
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