. Principles of economic zoo?logy. Zoology, Economic. 342 BRANCH CHORDATA The American moose (Al'ces america'nus) is the largest member of the family (Fig. 278), living or extinct, and the male has the heaviest and widest spreading antlers.^ These are much flattened and expanded. The moose has a long, thick, and rather prehensile upper lip, and browses upon the bark, leaves, and twigs of certain trees, and upon moss and lichens. It is as fond of wading and swimming as a schoolboy. It is very fleet, and can pass over large fallen tree trunks or a .5-foot fence with ease. Its crj' is a long, res
. Principles of economic zoo?logy. Zoology, Economic. 342 BRANCH CHORDATA The American moose (Al'ces america'nus) is the largest member of the family (Fig. 278), living or extinct, and the male has the heaviest and widest spreading antlers.^ These are much flattened and expanded. The moose has a long, thick, and rather prehensile upper lip, and browses upon the bark, leaves, and twigs of certain trees, and upon moss and lichens. It is as fond of wading and swimming as a schoolboy. It is very fleet, and can pass over large fallen tree trunks or a .5-foot fence with ease. Its crj' is a long, resonant bawl. The calf is not spotted. The male has a long, orna- mental strip of hair-covered skin, "the bell," which in the adult is sometimes a foot long. The cow has neither antlers nor bell. The moose is easily. Fig. 278.—The Alaska moose {Alces amcricaniis gigas). (Yearbook, U. Dept. of Agriculture, 1!)07.) handled and may be trained to drive in harness, but it does not live long in capti\-ity except in forest preserves. During the stormy winter "they herd together in sheltered in the forest, and, through mo\"ing about in a small area, the snow is trodden down until they form a moose-yard" of several miles in extent. The animals browse upon the twigs of adjacent trees and bushes, and with their antlers keep their enemies, the wolves, at bay. The so-called "musk-deer" differs from other Cerridir in the absence of horns and in the presence of a gall-bladder, tusks, and the musk gland of the ' A pair of antlers from Alaska in the Field Ccslumbian Museum has a spread of 782 inches, and, together with tlir skull, weighs 93i 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 Daugherty, Lewis Sylvester, 1857-; Daugherty, L. S. , Mrs. , 1859-. Philadelphia, Londo
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