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The Hijiory of ANIMALS. 
Mus cauda longapilofa, gula albicante. 
The Musy with a long hairy taily and a white throat . 
This is a very pretty creature ; it is of the bignefs of the common moufe : the head 
is fmall, and not fo fharp at the fnout as in many fpecies; the ears are broad and 
fhort i the eyes are large, bluifh-bright, and very prominent: the head is of a reddifh- 
brown, very bright and fhining j the back is of a dufky brown, with a tinge of 
orange colour3 the belly is of the fame colour, but flill paler, and the throat is white : 
the tail is moderately long, and is hairy, as in the fquirrel. 
We have it in our fields and gardens. Moft of the writers on animals have de- 
fcribed it. Ray calls it Mus avellanarum minor3 we, the Dormoufe or Sleeper, from 
it’s naturally fleeping all the winter part of the year. 
Mus cauda longa pilofay ventre albo. 
The white-bellied MuSy with a long hairy tail\ 
%l)t 3Jtal*'an 
2>0?!!i0ufe* 
This is fomewhat larger than the common dormoufe, and is a much handfomer 
creature: the head is large, and of an elegant colour, a mixt orange and brown : the 
ears are fmall, naked, and obtufe 5 the eyes are black, large, very bright and protu¬ 
berant : the back is of a beautiful ferrugineous brown, with fome tinge of yellow: 
the belly is white 5 the tail is long and hairy, in the manner of that of the fquirrel; 
it is of a fine orange brown all the way to the tip, where it is white. 
This is frequent in Italy, and fleeps all the winter 5 we fometimes have it kept here. 
Mus cauda abruptay digitis connexis. 
The abrupt-tailed MuSy with conneBed toes . 
%l)t MJ&tet MM- 
This is confiderably larger than the common rat, and of a different colour: the 
head is large, and fharp at the extremity ; the teeth are long, and of a yellowifh co¬ 
lour : the eyes are large, black, and prominent: the ears are fhort and naked. 
The head is of a brownifh colour, with a ferrugineous tinge; the back is alfo of a 
nifty brown, with an admixture of grey : the belly is pale j the tail is not fo long as 
in the common rat, nor does it grow taper from the bafe to the extremity, as in that 
fpecies, but is all the way of the fame thicknefs, and is abrupt at the extremity: the 
legs are fhorter than in the common rat3 and the feet are longer, and the toes con¬ 
nected by membranes. 
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This is frequent about waters, and in fhips3 the banks of the Thames, at low! 
wateir, often dilcover millions of them. Ray calls it Mus major aquaticus five Rattus 
aquaticus. 
Mus capite parvOy cauda lata . 
The broad-tailed Musy with a fmall head . 
This is larger than the common rat, and very different from it in fhape : the head 
is fmall 3 the opening of the mouth narrow3 the eyes not prominent, and very fmall j 
the ears fhort, broad, and naked, and the teeth yellowifh. 
It is about feven inches in length, exclufively of the tail, and it is very bulky, in 
proportion: the whole body is covered very thick with long and foft hair5 this is 
bladdfh on the back, and grey on the belly 3 the head is of a paler colour, and is co¬ 
vered with much fhorter hair, and the extremity of the fnout is fmall, and formed 
for burrowing in the ground, in the manner of that of the mole : the tail is longer 
than 
