. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Mammals; Natural history; Mammifères; Sciences naturelles. I fK:. Ujll i '.92 THE DOKMOUSE. The coninioii Dormouse is nlmiulantly I'uuiul in many districts of England, as well as on the Continent, and is in great favour ns a domestic pet. Tiie total length of this jiretty little animal is rather more than five inches, the tail being two inches and a half long. Tlie colour of its fur is a ligiit reddish-lirown u])on tlic liack, yellowish-white upon tlie ahdomcn, and white on tlie throat. Tlicse tints belong to the adidt animal only, as in the juven
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Mammals; Natural history; Mammifères; Sciences naturelles. I fK:. Ujll i '.92 THE DOKMOUSE. The coninioii Dormouse is nlmiulantly I'uuiul in many districts of England, as well as on the Continent, and is in great favour ns a domestic pet. Tiie total length of this jiretty little animal is rather more than five inches, the tail being two inches and a half long. Tlie colour of its fur is a ligiit reddish-lirown u])on tlic liack, yellowish-white upon tlie ahdomcn, and white on tlie throat. Tlicse tints belong to the adidt animal only, as in the juvenile Dormouse the fur is nearly of the same colour .13 that of the common mouse, tlie ruddy tinge f)nly appearing on the head aiul sides. It is not until the little creatures have nearly completed a year of existence that tuey (. the beautiful hues of adult age. The tail is thickly covered with hair, which is arranged in a double row throughout its lengtji, and forms a slight tuft at the extremity. The head is lather large in pruportion to the body, the ears are large and bruad, and the eye full, black, and .slightly prominent. The is a nocturnal animal, passing the whole of t'u; day in its warm and neatly construett'd nest, which is generally liuiit in the most retired spot of some thick laisli or snudl tree. It is a very active little creature, leai>ing from braucli to branch, and tiaversing tin' intriciite mazes of the br!:sli- wood with such ready featness, tiuit it ::a.\\ scai'cely be taken by a human hand. Geno- rally, when a Dormouse is captured, i*^ is secured while sl('i']iing in its , for duri:i;j its slumbers it is so deeply buried in rejiosc tliat it can be handled without offering resist- ance or attem])ting escape. The food of the Dormouse of various fruits and seeds, such as acorns, nuts, haws, and corn. As the animal is one of the hibernaters, it is in the habit of gathering logether a supply of dried food, to aflord occasional
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