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SPERMOPHILUS FRANKLINIL— Sabine. 
Franklin’s Marmot SauiRREL. 
PLATE LXXXI V.— Male and Female.— Natural Size. 
S. corpore super cervino ferrugineave creberrim^ nigro maculato subter 
albido, vultu ex nigro canescenti, cauda elongata cylindrica pilis albis 
nigro ter quatorve torquatis vestita. 
CHARACTERS. 
Cheek pouches, the upper surface of the body spotted thickly with 
black, on a yellowish-brown ground, under surface grayish-white ; face 
black and white, intimately and equally mixed ; tail long, cylindrical, and 
clothed with hairs which are ringed alternately with black and white. 
SYNONYMES. 
Arotomts Franklinii. 
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Sabine. Linnean Transactions, Vol. 13, p. 19. 
Franklin’s Journey, p. 6G2. 
Harlan’s Fauna, p. 167. 
Godman, Nat. Hist. Vol. 2d p. 109. 
Richardson, F. B. Am. p. 168. pi. 12. 
description. 
Franklin’s Marmot is about the size of the Carolina Gray Squirrel, and 
resembles it in form, its ears however are shorter, and its tail, which is 
narrower, presents a less distichous appearance. The ears have an erect 
rounded flap, and although not as large as those of S. Douglassii, are pro- 
minent, rising above the fur considerably more than those of N. Richard- 
sonii or S. Annulatus. The body is rather slender >r this genus; eyes 
large and rather prominent ; cheek pouches small ; moustaches few 
and short. 
The legs are shorter than those of the squirrels, and stouter than those 
of S. Annulatus. The thumb has one joint, with a small nail ; the 
second toe from the inside is the longest ; the palms are naked. The 
soles of the hind feet are hairy for about two-thirds of their length from 
