DORMOUSE. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Two cutting teeth in each jaw. 
N_> 
Muzzle furnished with long whiskers, 
Ears naked. 
Tail long, and covered with hair. 
Four toes before; five behind. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Sciurus striatus. S. flavus, striis quinque fuscis longitudinali- 
bus, Linn. Syst. Nat. Gmel. 1. p. 150. 
Of a yellow colour, with five longitudinal 
dark stripes. 
Sciurus minor virgatus. Nov. Com. Petrop. 
344. 
Sciurus Carolinensis. Brisson. 
Ground Squirrel. Lawson Carol. 122, 
Catesly Carol. 2. 75. 
Striped Dormouse. Penn. Hist. Quadr. 2. p. 157. n. 355. 
Penn. Arct. Zool. 1. p. 12 6 . n. 54. 
This animal inhabits North America, where it is 
said to be common, particularly in Canada. The 
French call it Suisse, says Charlevoix, from the 
skin being marked with black and white, like the 
