T A B . XL V I .
SCIURUS FULVUS.
C H A R A C T E B GENERICUS.
Tientes primores duo: fuperiores cuneati;
inferiores compreffi.
C H A H A C T E K SPECIFICUS, &C.
Sciuriis ferrugineus, fubtus luteus, cauda fulva fufco obumbrata.
Sciurus ErythrKus? PALL. Nov . Sp. fafc. i . 377.
G E N E R I C CHARACTER.
Front teeth two: the fuperior ones cuneated;
the inferior comprefled.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER, &c.
Ferruginous Squirrel, orange-yellow beneath, with reddilli-yellcw tail (haded with brown.
Ruddy Squirrel? PENNANT'S HIST. QUADR.
THE animals of the genus Sciurus are diilinguiihed by a peculiar neatnefs of appearance and
agihty of motion: they partake of the general habits of other animals of the order GUres, and
commonly pafs great part of tlie winter feafon in a ftate of retirement; lying afleep in their
receffes in the hollows of trees, and occafionally emerging to enjoy the temporary gleams of
warm funlhine, which fometimes illuminate the winter months; and after taking fome refreihment
from their little ftores of provifion, again commit themfelves to a ftate of repofe. Some
fpecies of fquirrels are furniflied with a lateral membrane or produftion of (kin, reaching down
the fides from the fore-legs to the hinder ones. By this membrane they are enabled to fupport
themfelves in a leap of very confiderable diftance, and to ijaring from tree to tree with much
greater facility than others of the genus; but this momentary fupport in air is all that thefe
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