MAMMALIA. GLIRES. Hyrax. 103 
-nto conic ricks : thefe are covered by fnow, and form its 
wimer provifion, to which it goes from its hole by a trodden 
pa-t , they are from 3 to 5 feet high, and are fought after by 
lunters as provender for their horles ; is preyed on by weefels, 
and infefted by the ceftrus leporinus, a fpecies of gad-fly ; 
^ body y — g inches long, 
i acc more ftupid and wild than the laft; hiad flenderer ; eyes 
black ; cars large ; body fhorter, thicker ; teats 2 inguinal, 
4 thoracic; throat on the upper part cinereous; fur dufky 
at the roots, bay at the ends, a little tipt with white. 
Body pale grey ; cars oval, acutifli, colour of the body. 
j _ Ogoton Hare. 
mountains beyond Baikal, Mongolia, and the deferts of 
Crobi, in rocky places and among heaps of ftones ; forms bur- 
rows in fandy places, of which for fecurity it has feveral ; 
wanders by night ; feeds on the bark of mountain Ihrubs, and 
in fummer on herbs which it gathers into heaps for winter ufe ; 
voice very fhrill ; very aftive and hardly to be tamed ; preyed 
on by weefels and birds of prey ; 6| inches long. 
Body very pale throughout the year ; feet llrong ; ears brown ; 
nofe with a yellowiflr fpot ; belly white ; fur brown at the 
roots, light grey in the middle, white at the tips. 
33 * hyrax. Fore-teeth upper 2, broad, 
diftant; lower 4, contiguous, broad, 
flat, notched: grinders*\vocgQi 4 each 
flde each jaw : fore-feet 4-toed : hind- 
feet 3-toed : tail o : clavicle o. 
Nails of the fore-feet flat; of the hind-feet r, fubulate. 
Cape H. 
nnabits the Cape of Good Hope, 1 5 inches long ; voice fharp ; 
hearing acute, gait unfleady ; feeds on vegetables ; a&ive, 
cleanly, drinks little, very fond of warmth, burrows in the 
ground; is troubled with lice and worms. 
Head Ihort, fnout very fhort, blunt ; ears oval, open, brown, 
woolly ; limbs very fhort, the (boulders and thighs being hid 
in the fur; body fhort, thick, belly prominent ; /fair woolly, 
under hoary, above grey, on the lides dirty grey-white ; 
along the back brownilh, mixed with longer black hairs and 
a few briftles ; forefeet 4-lob(;d, each lobe with a flat round 
Hail; hind feet a-lobed, and a toe fumilhed with a long lharp 
claw. 
Syriacus. 
