. Introduction to zoology; a guide to the study of animals, for the use of secondary schools;. FIG. 302. — Felis jubata, the Cheetah or hunting leopard. Photo, of a group, iu the Field Columbian Museum. etc.; the hyenas ; the dogs (including jackals, wolves, andfoxes); the bears ; the raccoons; and the great/?/r-bearers,—martens, minks, weasels, badgers and otters, and FIG. 303. — Phoca vitulina, the harbor seal. From Parker and Haswell, Manual of Zoology. 1 caro, carnis, flesh ; vorare, to devour. THE MOUSE AND ITS ALLIES 329 Marine Carnivora comprise the seals (Fig. 303), walruses,a
. Introduction to zoology; a guide to the study of animals, for the use of secondary schools;. FIG. 302. — Felis jubata, the Cheetah or hunting leopard. Photo, of a group, iu the Field Columbian Museum. etc.; the hyenas ; the dogs (including jackals, wolves, andfoxes); the bears ; the raccoons; and the great/?/r-bearers,—martens, minks, weasels, badgers and otters, and FIG. 303. — Phoca vitulina, the harbor seal. From Parker and Haswell, Manual of Zoology. 1 caro, carnis, flesh ; vorare, to devour. THE MOUSE AND ITS ALLIES 329 Marine Carnivora comprise the seals (Fig. 303), walruses,and sea-lions; the more valuable of which are disappearingas a result of mans lack of foresight. Altogether, the Car-nivora comprise the most agile, the most intelligent, themost dreadful, and some of the commercially most im-portant of fellow-animals. The Cheiroptera,1 or bats (Fig. 304), are extraordinarilymodified mammals, which, like the birds, seem to have
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