. Natural history of animals. Containing brief descriptions of the animals figured on Tenney's Natural history tablets, but complete without the tablets. Zoology. RODENTS: PORCUPINES. 53 six inches in length; and the color yellowish-brown, lined with black, the lower parts white. It moves. Fig. 94. — American Jumping Mouse. by very long and rapid leaps. It is found in the mead- ows and grain-fields. The Muskrat, mentioned above, is very common about ponds, rivers, and brooks in North America. It is a foot long, besides the tail, which is about as long as the body, and the color is dark brown a
. Natural history of animals. Containing brief descriptions of the animals figured on Tenney's Natural history tablets, but complete without the tablets. Zoology. RODENTS: PORCUPINES. 53 six inches in length; and the color yellowish-brown, lined with black, the lower parts white. It moves. Fig. 94. — American Jumping Mouse. by very long and rapid leaps. It is found in the mead- ows and grain-fields. The Muskrat, mentioned above, is very common about ponds, rivers, and brooks in North America. It is a foot long, besides the tail, which is about as long as the body, and the color is dark brown above and rusty brown below. The fur is now sold under the name of River Sable, and is much used for collars and muffs. Musk- rats build winter houses of mud, sticks, and grass, the entrance being beneath the water, and leading to a dry apartment above. PORCUPINES. Porcupines are distinguished from all other Rodents by their spines, or quills, which are very sharp. The North American Porcupine is about two feet long, the color brown with long white-tipped hairs, and the tail and upper parts are covered with white spines. It lives in hollow trees and in holes among the rocks, and read- ily climbs trees. It eats bark, leaves, and green corn. It is often called the Hedgehog. See Figure 95. The Crested Porcupine, of Southern Europe, has quills nearly a foot long. These c|uills are used for pen 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 Tenney, Sanborn, 1827-1877; Tenney, Abby Amy (Gove) 1836-. New York, Scribner, Armstrong
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