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J., ARCTOMYS PRUIN OSUS.— Pennant. 
Hoary Marmot. — The Whistler. 
PLATE 01 II.— Males. 
A. vellere cano longo, denso, maxime in thorace liumorisque, in partibua 
I posterioribus fulvo-flayescente, cauda comosa fusco nigrisccntc. 
CHARACTERS. 
Fur , long, dense, and hoary, particularly on the chest and shoulders ; hinder 
parts dull yellowish-brown ; tail bushy, blackish-brown. 
SYNONYMES. 
Hoary Marmot. Pennant, Hist. Quadr., vol. ii. p. 130. 
“ “ “ Arctic Zool., vol. i. p. 112. 
Ground-Hog. Mackenzie’s Voyage, p. 515. 
Whistler. Harmon’s Journal, p. 427. 
Arctomys (?) Pruinosus. Rich, Zool. Jour., No. 12, p. 518. Mar. 1828. 
“ Rich, Fauna Boreali Americana, p. 150. 
Quisquis-qui-po. Cree Indians. 
Deh-ie. Cheppewyans. 
Souffleur, or Mountain-Badger. Fur-Traders. 
Arctomys Protnosa. Harlan, Fauna, p. 169. 
Calligata. Eschscholtz, Zoologischer Atlas, Berlin, 1829, pi. 6, part 
2, p. 1. 
DESCRIPTION. 
In form, this animal (which we examined whilst it was alive at the 
Zoological Gardens in London) bears a considerable resemblance to the 
European Marmot ( Arctomys Marmota). It also resembles the Maryland 
Marmot (A. Monax). Being, at the time we saw it, excessively fat, the 
body, when it lay down, spread out or flattened like that of the badger ; 
f. • it was so covered with dense and very long hair that it was difflcult to 
recognize the true outline ; it subsequently shed its hair, and our figure 
was taken in its new and shorter pelage. The animal is rather longer 
than the Maryland Marmot ; head, of moderate size ; eyes, rather small 
but conspicuous ; ears, oval and covered with hair on both surfaces ; feet 
short, robust, and clothed with hair ; nails strong, slightly arched, free ; 
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