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299-Quebec. 
MARMOT. 
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Bahama Cony, Catejby Carolina , Glis fufcus. Glis fufcus, roilro e 
79 * cinereo caerulefcent Q.Briffon quad. 
Monax, Catejby Carolma App. 115. 
xxviii. Mus Monax. M. cauda medio- 
Monax, or Marmotte of A?nerica } cri pilofa, corpore cinereo, atiri- 
**?'**• . culis fubrotundi's, palmis tetra^ 
Glis Marmota,Americanus, Klein daftylis, plantis pentadadylis. 
quad. 56. Lin.Jyft. 81. 
M. with ffiort rounded ears : black prominent eyes : 
nofe fharper than that of the lafh; nofe and cheeks 
of a bluifh aili-color : back, of a deep brown color % 
fides and belly paler : tail half the length of the bo¬ 
dy, covered with pretty long duiky hair: toes di¬ 
vided and armed with fharp claws : four toes be¬ 
fore, five behind : feet and legs black: is about 
the fize of a Rabbet. 
Inhabits Virginia and Benfilvania : during winter 
Bleeps under the hollow roots of trees : is found alfo 
In the Bahama ifies: lives on wild fruits and other 
vegetables : its fiefh is very good, tailing like that 
of a pig: when furprized retreats to holes in the 
rocks: whether it ileeps, during winter, in the 
climate of thofe ifies, is not mentioned. 
M. with a blunt nofe : finort rounded ears : cheeks 
puffed, and of a grey color : face duiky : nofe black : I 
hair on the back grey at bottom, black in the middle, j 
and the tips whitifh: belly and legs of an orange co¬ 
lor: toes black, naked, and quite divided; four, and j 
•the rudiments of another, on the fore feet ^ five be¬ 
hind ; 
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