MAMMALIA. GLIRES. Dipus. 9a 
3. Colour and fizc of i; nofc more lengthened. 
broader ; tail thicker ; hind 4 egs flrorter ;/i/r longer. 
4 - Much fmaller; refemblcs i, but wants the white edge on 
the nofe. 
Thefc varieties thielly inliabit Tarlary, Siberia, Syria and India; 
feed on bulbous roots, and when tamed raw liefln 
iillS, 
Toes 5 before, 4 behind. Cape J. 
Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope; 14 inches long, tall 15, ears 
3 i ver)' ftrong ; leaps 20 — 30 feet ; burrows with the forc- 
leet ; ileeps fitting on the haunches', the head between the 
legs, and the fore-paws over the ears ; is driven out of its hole 
by water pour.ed in; grants and is eaten by the natives. 
Body above bright chefnut, beneath yellow'ifli-white ; tail veiy 
hairy, black at the tip. 
Fore-feet 3-toed, with the rudiment of a fourth ; hind-feet 
5-toed; tail colour of the body. • Torrid 'J. 
Inhabits the landy'deferls of the torrid region near the Cajpian 
Jea; feeds on a few farinaceous ieeds ; forms burrows with 3 
apertures about a yard under the furface ; 5 indies long, tail 3. 
Btr/iy above pale tawny, foraetimes greyidi; beneath white; 
taiad otilong, fnout lengthened, neck Ibort ; ears large, oval ; 
mouth and feet white ; foks very hahy ; fore-thumb with 
hardly any clutv; hind-thighs very llellry; tail thick, hairy. 
itus. 
fius. 
Fore-feet g-toed, with the rudiment of a fourth ; hind-feet 
5-toed; tail obfturely annulate. Tamariji 
Inhabits fait marflies of the Cajpian fta ; teds on the fruit of 
the tamarifk, and burrows uirdei- it with a entrances; very 
elegant, 5|- inches long, tail the fame. 
Body above yeliowifh-grey, beneath white; ears large, oval,, 
nakedilb ; xuart in the place of the thumb, large ; tail hairy^ 
a little tufted at the tip. 
Fore-feet 4-toed, with the rudiment of a fifth; hind-feet 
5-toed, thumb fhort; tail taper, nakedifli. LabradoreJ .. 
Inhabits Hudfon's Bay; 3 inches long, tail 4I, 
Hofe blunt; mouth much underneath, upper lip cleft; ears 
large, round, naked ; body above deep brown, bene'atb white, 
a longitudinal yellow line dividing the colours. 
c* 
Body cliefnut, lengthened, of equal thicknefs; 
* bufliy, Circafftanj^ 
Inhabits near the river Terek in Circaffia ; burrows in the ground, 
runs faff up hill ; 4 inches long. 
red, fiery; ierf A fliarp ; hair long', flrarp. 
O a Canadenfs, 
