. Zoology : for students and general readers . Zoology. Pig. 506—The Spalax or Blind Eat.—After Owen. tains. The largest of all existing rodents is the Capy- bara of South America, which looks like a pig. This is succeeded by the porcujiine, which either lives in trees or burrows in the earth, while the more intelligent, active forms are the beaver, muskrat, the European blind rat [Sjialax, Fig. 50(J) the rats and mice, squirrels, and lastly the marmots. The domes- tic mouse and the two rats, the brown or A^orway rat {Mus decimianus Pallas), the black rat {Mus rattus Linn.), and the common hou
. Zoology : for students and general readers . Zoology. Pig. 506—The Spalax or Blind Eat.—After Owen. tains. The largest of all existing rodents is the Capy- bara of South America, which looks like a pig. This is succeeded by the porcujiine, which either lives in trees or burrows in the earth, while the more intelligent, active forms are the beaver, muskrat, the European blind rat [Sjialax, Fig. 50(J) the rats and mice, squirrels, and lastly the marmots. The domes- tic mouse and the two rats, the brown or A^orway rat {Mus decimianus Pallas), the black rat {Mus rattus Linn.), and the common house mouse {Mus muscv- lus Linn.), are cosmopoli- tan animals. The jumping mouse (Fig. 507) has remarkably long hind legs and short fore logs. Peculiar to the western plains is the prairie-dog, {fhjnomys ludovirAanus) which represents the marmots of the Old World ; it is semi-social and takes in perforce as boarders the owl and rattlesnake, which devour its Fig. 507.—Jumping Mouse (Zajnus hnrl- sonius).—From. Tennoy's Zoology,. 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 Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring), 1839-1905. New York : Henry Holt
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