Volume 1

The viviparous quadrupeds of North America / By John Audubon ... and ... the Rev. John Bachman ... [Text].

  • John James Audubon
Date:
1846-1854
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Credit: The viviparous quadrupeds of North America / By John Audubon ... and ... the Rev. John Bachman ... [Text]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    GENERAL REMARKS. The first description of this species was given by Dr. Richardson, who received from Douglass a hunter’s skin, which, containing no skull, he was prevented from deciding on the genus. We have ascertained that in its dentition it is a true spermophile, and in all other respects possesses the characteristics of that genus. In the valuable collection of the London Zoological Society we ex- amined a specimen of S. Beecheyi, brought by Mr. Collie, which so strikingly resembles this species, that we are greatly inclined to think they will yet be found identical; we have, therefore, quoted it for the present as a synonyme, but marked it with a doubt, as an examination of a greater number of specimens might probably change our views.
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