. Diseases and enemies of poultry . rs generally throughout temperate North America. Thi-s fainiliai- ;uilmal gcu(^rally hides iu some darkletieat dniiuji liie daylijj;]il although occasionally oncloudy days he is seen abroad and he also hunts in thetwilight. The species technically IcnoAvn as mephiticaand a foiiii or subspecies called the Carolinian Slvunk,Mephitis mephitica elongata ;is defined by Mr. Bangs,with perlia]).s otlier subspecies, ai-e in Pennsylvania,where many thousand,? of tliese animals are annuallykilled for the fur trade. Indeed, the long and heavycoat of this mammal is so v
. Diseases and enemies of poultry . rs generally throughout temperate North America. Thi-s fainiliai- ;uilmal gcu(^rally hides iu some darkletieat dniiuji liie daylijj;]il although occasionally oncloudy days he is seen abroad and he also hunts in thetwilight. The species technically IcnoAvn as mephiticaand a foiiii or subspecies called the Carolinian Slvunk,Mephitis mephitica elongata ;is defined by Mr. Bangs,with perlia]).s otlier subspecies, ai-e in Pennsylvania,where many thousand,? of tliese animals are annuallykilled for the fur trade. Indeed, the long and heavycoat of this mammal is so valuable in the fur marketsthat Skunk farms are conducted on an extensive andprofitable basis in New York, Ohio and other Skunk, in different shades of dress, which, for the]iurposes of this article, it is not necessary at this time(d. discuss, is one of the common mammals of ourState. SOME OF ITS iNIaiiy persons know the animal by the name of Pole-cat, a term apjilied to a small, brownish-black, ferret-. 33,3 like creature—a member of the Weasel group—whichinhabits the temperate zone of Europe and Asia. Thecommon domesticated Ferret, so frequently employedto hunt Rabbits and Rats, is, it is believed, a descen-dant of the Polecat of the Old World. Some furrierssell SkunliS—^those lacking the white stripes on backs—under the name Alaska Sable, and many ladieswear tliese pelts and never know they once coveredthe backs of vile-smelling and insect-devonring ani-mals of the genus Mephitis. SOME OF ITS ENEMIES. This well-known quadruped, it matters but littlewhetlier called Canadiiin Skunk, Carolinian Skunk,Polecat or Alaska Sable, has numerous enemies tocontend with, notwithstanding the wise provisionnature has made to enable it to prevent their near anddangerous approach. The Skunk has great confidencein its battery and is often enabled, when acting on thedefensive, or, if aroused by either anger or fright, toprotect its life from preying animals
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