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Arctomys monax ; (Linnaeus ). WoodchuscK. 
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body, 6 inches; the ears, nearly round, gray and brown; head a 
ra±acfcaE£ mixed brown and black, chin gray, cheeks and throat yellow 
white; under parts yellow brown or red brown, with shading of dark 
rray or black; color above mixed black, white and yellow brown; 
tail mixed or,darker brown; the feet, armed with stout claws, are 
black above and below; the hairs are rather coarse, and nearly all 
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