. Fourteen weeks in zoology. Zoology. CLASS MAMMALS : ORDER MONOTREMATA. 109 The Water Mole * caps the climax of the eccentric Aus- tralian Zoology. The bill of a duck is attached to the body of an otter; while on each side of either mandible is a tooth without roots. In the sides of the mouth are capacious cheek-pouches. The fore feet have a web extending beyond their extremities, which can be folded up when the feet are used for burrowing, or expanded when employed in swim- ming. The hind feet are webbed only to the base of the nails. The body is covered with fur, beneath which is a layer of
. Fourteen weeks in zoology. Zoology. CLASS MAMMALS : ORDER MONOTREMATA. 109 The Water Mole * caps the climax of the eccentric Aus- tralian Zoology. The bill of a duck is attached to the body of an otter; while on each side of either mandible is a tooth without roots. In the sides of the mouth are capacious cheek-pouches. The fore feet have a web extending beyond their extremities, which can be folded up when the feet are used for burrowing, or expanded when employed in swim- ming. The hind feet are webbed only to the base of the nails. The body is covered with fur, beneath which is a layer of soft wadding, impervious to water. Its burrow runs underground forty or fifty feet, with one entrance under Mg. Omitliarhynchus paradoxus. Water Mole. \. water, and another just above. At the further end is a nest; of grass for the rearing of its young, which are born and nourished like those of other mammals. It swims upon the surface, diving continually, and also, like the duck, thrusting its beak into the mud for food. So far as present discoveries indicate, it stands at the extreme of the mammals. * See "Fourteen Weeks in Geology," p. 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 Steele, Joel Dorman, 1836-1886. New York, Chicago [etc. ] A. S. Barnes & Company
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