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THE 
HISTORY 
O F 
ANIMALS. 
PART VI. 
Of QJJ A D R U P E D S. 
Q uadrupeds are animals which have the body covered with hairs, 
which walk on four legs , and the females of which bring forth their young 
alive , not in the egg ft ate, and nourijh them with milk from their teats . 
This feries of animals will be confiderably leffened in number , by the throwing out of it 
the frog, lizard, and other amphibious animals , which have already been defcribed in 
their place , but which thofe who confound thefe claffes have placed under this head . 
It will alfo be enlarged by the admijfton of the bat , which , from it’s having the forefeet 
webbed with a membrane , and uftng them , as birds do their wings, in flying, has been 
generally ranked among that order of animals . 
a^UA D R U P E D S, 
Clafs the Fir ft. \ 
G L I R E S. 
T H E Glires are diftinguiihed by having the fore-teeth only two in number, and 
thofe prominent. 
m u s. 
T H E fore-teeth in the Mus are acute, and there are no canine teeth at ail: the 
feet are divided* and the ears are naked. 
Mus cauda hrevi , corpore fulvo nigroque variegato . 
The Poor t-tailed Mus , with a body variegated with 
black and tawny. 
%mt\ tg. 
This creature refembles the common rat in fhape, but it’s tail is ihorter 5 it's length 
is about five inches } it*s fur is very fine, and is tinged with a great variation of colours: 
the 
