. The quadrupeds of North America [microform]. Mammals; Rodentia; Mammifères; Rongeurs. \KIJ.(); .MARMOT. j^j whito Imir. on the chin ; wlnHkcrn, moHtly ; palniH, entirely naked their whole extent. There is an yellow elonKatod Bpot bohmd the nodC, and also one behind or above the oyo. DIMENSIONS. From point of noHo to root of tail, Tail, to end of fur, - Lecl, to point of nail, Hcij^ht of ear posteriorly, " Fioui point of nose to oar, InchM - 16 Linu - 6 10 • 2 «4 . fl G* HABITS. The spoeimen from whieh o, • deseri, :' in of Marmot was dr
. The quadrupeds of North America [microform]. Mammals; Rodentia; Mammifères; Rongeurs. \KIJ.(); .MARMOT. j^j whito Imir. on the chin ; wlnHkcrn, moHtly ; palniH, entirely naked their whole extent. There is an yellow elonKatod Bpot bohmd the nodC, and also one behind or above the oyo. DIMENSIONS. From point of noHo to root of tail, Tail, to end of fur, - Lecl, to point of nail, Hcij^ht of ear posteriorly, " Fioui point of nose to oar, InchM - 16 Linu - 6 10 • 2 «4 . fl G* HABITS. The spoeimen from whieh o, • deseri, :' in of Marmot was drawn up, was found by us among the ..kins sent to England by Dhummond and Douglas, procured by those gentlemen in our northwestern territories and p aced .n the museum of the Zoological SeMety of London. Since wo tlescnhed it, the skin lias been started and set up. Ncvt a line was written in regard to its habits or the place where it was ; Its form and claws, however, indicate that like the o'.ier species of Mannot found ,n America, it is a burrowing aaimal, and feeds on seeds roots, and grasses. We may also presume it has four or five youn^^ at a' birth. •' n """ GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. As just Stated, the exact locality in which this animal was captured has not been given, but judging from the route travelled over by Douglas wo presume ,t was obtained in the mountainous districts that extend north and south between Western Texas and California, where it probably exists, but il seen has been supposed by the hunters and miners to be the common Marmot or woodchuck of the Atlantic States (^. mona<r), general remarks. This species differs from the young of .irctomys manax, by some naturalists named ^. empetra, as we ascertained by it with several specimens of that so-called species, in the museum of the Zoological Society, its feet being yellow instead of black, as in those specimens, and the belly yellow, not deep rusty red. Besides,
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