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Russia. Farther east it is replaced by more or less nearly allied species; while other species extend the range of the genus across central and See also:

NORTHERN

northern See also:

ASIA

Asia, and thence, on the other See also:

side of See also:

BERING (BEHRING), VITUS (1680-1741)

Bering Strait, all through See also:

North See also:

AMERICA

America, where these rodents are commonly known as gophers. Many of the species have See also:

MEDIUM

medium or even See also:

long tails, while some are nearly See also:

double the size of the typical representative of the See also:

GROUP

group. All, however, have large cheek-pouches, whence the name of pouched marmots, by which they are sometimes called; and they have the first front-toe rudimentary, as in marmots. They are divided into several subgeneric See also:

groups. One of the most striking See also:

AMERICAN

American species is the striped See also:

GOPHER (Testudo polyphemus)

gopher, S. (Ictidomys) tridecemlineatus, which is marked on each side with seven yellow stripes, between which are rows of yellow spots on a dark ground. The See also:

COMMON

common souslik lives in dry, treeless plains, especially on sandy or clayey See also:

SOIL

soil, and is never found either in forests or on swampy ground. It forms burrows, often 6 or 8 ft. deep, in which See also:

food is stored up and the See also:

winter See also:

SLEEP (0. Eng. slcepan; Ger. schlafen; cf. Lat. labi, to glide, and " slip ")

sleep takes See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place.

Each burrow has but one entrance, which is closed up when winter approaches; a second hole, however, being previously driven from the sleeping place to within a See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short distance of the See also:

SURFACE

surface of the ground. This second hole is opened the next See also:

YEAR

year, and used as the ordinary entrance, so that the number of closed up holes See also:

ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round a burrow gives an indication of the length of See also:

time that it has been occupied. Sousliks feed on roots, seeds and berries, and occasionally on See also:

animal food, preying on eggs, small birds and mice. They bring forth in the See also:

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring from four to eight See also:

young ones, which, if taken See also:

early, may be easily tamed. Sousliks are eaten by the inhabitants of the See also:

RUSSIAN

Russian See also:

STEPPES

steppes, who consider their flesh an especial delicacy. (R.

End of Article: SOUSLIK, or SUSLIK

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