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• MAMMALIA. GLIRES. Lepus. 
2. White, with red eyes. 
3. Black. 
4. Variegated black and white. 
5. Silvery grey; feet brown. 
Inhabits the waimer parts of Europe, cold parts of nf • 
Africa, in diy landy foils'; forms long winding burr“^' 
keeps in its hole by day ; feeds moming, evening and ’'“'j 
on vegetables and grain ; is the prey of hawks, badgers, f 
cats, and caught by ferrets : gravid 30 days, brings 4 
young 7 times a year; 18 inches long ; flefh white, goo^' ( 
Ears Ihorter than the head ; tail in a wild Hate black 
white beneath. 
'Saccatus, Skin behind the head and under the throat folded. ' t 
Hooded . 
. Body cinereous; Acfld and carr brown ; capable of 
drawn back and concealing the head, with 2 holes f’''. 
ey^es ; that below the throat occafionally seceiviiig the ^ 
feet; halualion unhiioven. 
Angora 
Arigorenfis Hair long, waved, filky. 
Inhabits yi/;eo7-at very beautiful ; fur valuable, 
B. Tallo. 
Brafditn- Ears large ; collar round the neck wdiitc, Braftlian 
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Inhabits South America in woods; does not burrow j 
good ; liae of L. timidus, but darker ; collar Ibmetimes 
Pufillus. Body brown mixed with grey ; cars triangular, edged 
Call i ns 
white. i.aiiins '.jit 
^ Inhabits the mountains of L'ral, and funny hills of the -d ,jf 
ridge ; burrows in dry places ; feeds on alpine vege'^A 
voice Ibiiorous, which is heard all through the iummer \ 
little ; drinks often ; eafdy tamed ; aftive in the nigb*’ 
leaps as if its loins were weak ; 6 [ inches long. J 
Fur rough, above pale grey, blackifh at the tips ; beneath h‘ 
head trblong; body ilender, weak, unfteady; eyCS 
limbs fliort. 
'Alpinus. Body bright tawny ; cars rounded, browm ; feet brot*'^/; 
Inhabits mountains of the northern extremity of Afia, in ‘^.Vj 
and inaccclllble rocks, or the hollows of decayed 
Jiid by dayj except in cloudy weather ; voice fharp ||ei 
whiftle ; in Augull cuts foft grabs, which when dry it if 
