. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . This animal is very rare, a greater number than four or five being seldomtaken in a season in the fur countries. The fur is six times the value ofany other fur produced in North America. It is sometimes found of a shin-ing black, the tip of the tail being white. It is commonly found of a blackcolor, intermixed with hairs tipped with white. It inhabits the samedistricts with the red fox. It is not yet clearly proved that it is of thesame species as the black fox
. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . This animal is very rare, a greater number than four or five being seldomtaken in a season in the fur countries. The fur is six times the value ofany other fur produced in North America. It is sometimes found of a shin-ing black, the tip of the tail being white. It is commonly found of a blackcolor, intermixed with hairs tipped with white. It inhabits the samedistricts with the red fox. It is not yet clearly proved that it is of thesame species as the black fox of Europe, though it bears a strong resem-blance to it. \ , THE AMERICAN The common fox of America is supposed by Cuvier to be a distinct speciesfrom the red fox of Europe. It inhabits all parts of the United States. It 1 C. argentatus, Desm. 20 * C. fulvus, Desm. 154 MAMMALIA—FENNEC. is of a bright red color on the head, back, and sides; on the throat and neckof a dark gray; and pale red on the under parts of the body. It bears astrong resemblance to the common European fox, but differs from it in thebreadth and capacity of its feet for running on the snow; and the quantityof long hair, clothing the back part of the cheeks, with the shorter ears andnose, give the head a more compact appearance. It has a much finer brush*han the European one, and is altogether a finer animal. It is very plenti-ful in the wooded district of the fur countries, about eight thousand beingannually imported into England from thence. Red foxes prey much on the smaller animals of the rat family, but theyare fond of fish, and reject no kind of animal food that comes in their way.
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