MARMOT. 2 ;7 
from the flendernefs of its body, Tevrajhka , i. e. the 
weefel. 
Inhabits Bohemia , Auftria , Hungary , and Siberia : 
burrows and forms its magazine * of corn, nuts, &c. 
for its winter food: fits up like a fquirrel when it 
eats. By Gmelins account, fome inhabit the Helds 
in Siberia , others penetrate into the grainaries *, the 
firft form holes under ground with a clootie en¬ 
trance, and deep during winter in the centre of their 
lodge : thofe which inhabit the grainaries, are in 
motion during the whole cold feafon ; they couple 
the beginning of May y and bring from five to eight 
young, which they bring up in their burrows and 
cover with hay : whittle like the marmot: are very 
irafcible, and bite very hard ; their furs were once 
ufed by the ladies of Bohemia to make cloaks. 
Zits-Ian Le 'Brim <voy. Mofconj . II. .402, - n 
U Zemni de Bugon, xv, 142. 20 4 * 
M. with the cutting teeth of the lower jaw half as 
long again as thole of the upper: eyes very minute, 
and as much hid in the fur as thofe of a mole: four 
toes, and a claw inttead of the fifth on the fore feet; 
five on the hind: tail ihort: color cinereous: fize 
of a fquirrel. 
Inhabits Fodolia , Ukraine , Volhinia , and Perfia z 
burrows, and forms magazines for winter proviflon : 
feeds on corn, fruits, and garden fluff; lives under 
ground 
* RaiiJyn* quad. 22a. 
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