. Elements of zoölogy : a textbook. Zoology. YEKTEBRATA : MAMMALIA. greedy; feeding upon whatever they can kill, and also gorging themselves upon the bodies of dead animals, which they scent at great distances. They hunt in packs, and are thus able to overpower animals which singly they could not master. In newly-settled districts wolves often make great havoc among sheep, calves, and other domestic animals. The Foxes are at once distinguished by their slender and pointed muzzle, large bushy tail, and elliptical pupil of the eye. Foxes excel all the other members of the Dog family in cunning a
. Elements of zoölogy : a textbook. Zoology. YEKTEBRATA : MAMMALIA. greedy; feeding upon whatever they can kill, and also gorging themselves upon the bodies of dead animals, which they scent at great distances. They hunt in packs, and are thus able to overpower animals which singly they could not master. In newly-settled districts wolves often make great havoc among sheep, calves, and other domestic animals. The Foxes are at once distinguished by their slender and pointed muzzle, large bushy tail, and elliptical pupil of the eye. Foxes excel all the other members of the Dog family in cunning and craftiness. The Red Fox, of a reddish-yellow color, is our common species ; the Cross Fox and the Black or Silver Fox are regarded as mere varieties of the first-named. Other representatives of the Carnivora are the Fishers, Martens, Sables, Weasels, Minks, Gluttons, Skunks, Bad- gers, Otters, etc., all of which belong to the great family of the Mustelidse, and agree in a general way in having a long, FIG. Little Ermine or Weasel, Pulorius Richardsonii, Bonaparte. FIG. 87, Fir,. 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 Tenney, Sanborn, 1827-1877. New York : Scribner
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