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1778. 
1820. 
1822. 
1869. 
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I. Geoffroy, Dict. Class. d’Hist.. Nat., x, 1827, 186.—Hamilton 
Smith, Griffith’s Cuvier’s An. King., iii, 1827, 170 Gvith plate); 
v, 1827, 244.—Richardson, Faun. Bor. Amer., i, 1829, 153.— 
' Fischer, Synop. Mamm., 1829, 342.—Emmons, Quad. Mass., 
1840, 64—DeKay, New York Zool., i, 1842, 68, pl. xxi, fig. 4— 
Thompson, Nat. Hist. Vermont, 1842, 44——-Wagner, Suppl. 
Schreb. Sadugt., iii, 1848, 259 (in part).—Schinz, Syn. Mam., 
ii 1845, 61.—Aud. & Bach., Quad. N. Amer., i, 1849, 17, pl. u.— 
Kennicott, Trans. Il]. State Agr. Soc., i, 1855, 579; U.S. Patent 
Office Rep. Agr., 1856 (1857), 82, pl. x.—Baird, Mamm. N. Amer., 
1857, 339, pl. xlix, fig. 1 (skull).—Thomas, Trans. Ill. State 
Agr. Soe., iv, 1860, 657.—Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zéol., i, 1869, 
226 (Mass.); Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xiii, 1870, 190 (Lowa); 
xvi, 1874, 294.—Cope, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc., Phila, xi, 1869, 
173 (fossil; bone caves, Virginia).—Gilpin, Proc. and Trans. 
Nova Scotia Inst. Nat. Sci., ii, pl. iii, 1870, 16——Adams, Field 
and Forest Rambles, 1873, 100, 296 (New Brunswick).—Jordan, 
Man. Vert., 1878. 
Glis canadensts, Erxl., Syst. Anim., 1777, 363 Gn part) ;—Quebec 
Marmot, Pennant + Quebec Marmot, Forster). 
Mus empetra, Pallas, Noy. Spec. Glires, 1788, 74.—Boddaert, Elench. 
Anim.,, i, 1784, 105. 
Arctomys melanopus, Kuhl, Beitraige, 1820, 64 (Canada). 
Arctomys empetra, Sabine, Trans. Linn. Soc, xiii, 1822, 584; (not ~ 
Mus empetra, Pallas; nor Arctomys empetra, Schreber, and pre- 
vious authors).—Richardson, Parry’s Voyage, App., 1825, 315; 
Faun. Bor. Am., i, 1829, 147, pl. ix (empeétra, Sabine, and 
hence mainly A. monaz. 
2 Stereodectes tortus, Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1869, 3; 
Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc., Phila., 1869, 172, pl. 3 (fossil; bone caves, 
Va.; probably based on an abnormal incisor of A. monaz. 
La Marmotte d’ Amerique, Brisson. 
Maryland Marmot, Pennant. 
Monax gris, F. Cuvier, Hist. Mamm., xxxvii, 1822. 
Specific Characters.—Longth to base of tail 14.50, varying from 13.00 to 
15 50; of tail vertebre about 4.50 ; of tail to end of hairs about 6.75. Color 
above generally mixed fulvous, brownish-black, and gray; below, yellow- 
ish-rufous, varying to brownish-rufous. Top of head, upper surface of all 
the feet, and the tail usually black or brownish-black, varied slightly with 
pure gray or rusty gray, and even to nearly uniform intense black. The 
