. The popular natural history . Zoology. THE LONG-NOSED BANDICOOT. "7 The food of the Long-nosed Bandicoot is said to be of a purely veget- able nature, and the animal is reported to occasion some havoc among the. LONG-NOSED BANDICOOT.—{Perameles nasvta.) gardens and granaries of the colonists. Its long and powerful claws aid it in obtaining roots, and it is not at all unlikely that it may, at the same time that it unearths and eats a root, seize and devour the terrestrial larvae which are found in almost every square inch of ground. The lengthened nose and sharp teeth which present so gr
. The popular natural history . Zoology. THE LONG-NOSED BANDICOOT. "7 The food of the Long-nosed Bandicoot is said to be of a purely veget- able nature, and the animal is reported to occasion some havoc among the. LONG-NOSED BANDICOOT.—{Perameles nasvta.) gardens and granaries of the colonists. Its long and powerful claws aid it in obtaining roots, and it is not at all unlikely that it may, at the same time that it unearths and eats a root, seize and devour the terrestrial larvae which are found in almost every square inch of ground. The lengthened nose and sharp teeth which present so great a resemblance to the same organs in insectivor- ous shrews, afford good reasons for conjecturing that they may be employed in much the same manner. The Chceropus was for- merly designated by the specific title of ecauiintus, or "tailless," because the first specimen that had been captured was devoid of caudal appendage, and therefore its discoverers naturally concluded that all its kindred were equally curtailed of their fair pro- portions. But as new speci- mens came before the notice of the zoological world, it wasfound thatthe Chceropus was rightly possessed of a moderately long and somewhat rat-like tail, and that the taillessness of the original specimen was only the result of accident. 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 Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. New York, Burt Co
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