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HOARY MARMOT. 
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. 
Tlie first specimen of this species was brought to England from Hudsonh 
Bay. The specimen we have figured was obtained on Captain Back’s 
expedition. It inhabits the Rocky Mountains from 45° to 62°, and will 
probably be found both to the north and south of these latitudes. 
GENERAL REMARKS. 
It is somewhat remarkable that an animal so large as the Hoary 
Marmot — so widely diffused throughout the fur countries, where it is seen 
by traders and hunters — should be so little known to naturalists. When 
the living animal was brought to the Zoological Gardens it excited much 
interest, as the existence of the species had for many years been doubted. 
We spent an hour at the Museum of the Zoological Society in London 
with Dr. Richardson and Mr. Waterhouse, examining the specimen 
to which Eschscholz had given the name of A. Calligata ; and we 
unanimously came to the conclusion that it was the A. Pruinosus. 
