. Arctic zoology [microform]. Zoology; Zoologie. 128 QUEBEC AND MARYLAND MARMOT. 43. Quebec. 44. Maryland. H IS <r. ^UAD. Genus XXIX. Hijl.^ad. No 259. Mus empetra, Pallas, Nov. Sp. , i. 75. Ti/f A R M O T. With fliort rounded ears: blunt nofe: cheeks irX fwelled, and of a cinereous color : end of the nofe black - top of the head chefnut: the hair on the back grey at the bottom, black in the middle, and the tips whitilh : the belly and legs of a deep orange, or a bright ferruginous color. Toes black, naked, and quite divided : four toes, widi die rudi- ments of another, o
. Arctic zoology [microform]. Zoology; Zoologie. 128 QUEBEC AND MARYLAND MARMOT. 43. Quebec. 44. Maryland. H IS <r. ^UAD. Genus XXIX. Hijl.^ad. No 259. Mus empetra, Pallas, Nov. Sp. , i. 75. Ti/f A R M O T. With fliort rounded ears: blunt nofe: cheeks irX fwelled, and of a cinereous color : end of the nofe black - top of the head chefnut: the hair on the back grey at the bottom, black in the middle, and the tips whitilh : the belly and legs of a deep orange, or a bright ferruginous color. Toes black, naked, and quite divided : four toes, widi die rudi- ments of another, on the fore feet, five on the hind feet: tail fhort, dulky, and full of hair. The fpecimen which I faw formerly at Mr. Brook% alive, ap- peared larger than a Rabbet; but the fpecimen in the Royal So- ciety's Muftum * was only eleven inches long from nofe to the tail, and the tail diree inches. This probably was a young one. The IVenuJk, or ^ehec Marmot, feeds on coarfe grafs "^ It bur- rows in the earth in a perpendicular manner. The Indians take it by pouring water into the holes, which forces it out. Hiji. Sluad. N» , iv. 346. ^ A R M O T. With prominent dark eyes: fhort rounded ears: nofe fharper-polnted than that of thelaft, and of a cinereous color; head and body of a brown color, which is lighter on the • Phil. Tranf. kii. 378, fidesj -V-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798. London : Printed for Robert Faulder . ..
Size: 1168px × 2138px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1700, bookdecade1790, booksubjectzoology, bookyear1792
