. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. 86 OEDERS OF MAMMALS—CIXAWING AX^IMALS thick-bodied, short-legged, and sharp-nosed. The ears arc extremely short, and quite hidden in the fur; the legs are short, the feet rat-like, and the tail is so very short that it also is half hidden by the fur. The fur is long, fluffy and fine; brown, brownish-gray, or mottled in sum- mer, but snow-white in winter. The length of the head and body is 4 to 5 inches, and of the tail, i inch. The Lemming is found from Latitude 56° northw
. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. 86 OEDERS OF MAMMALS—CIXAWING AX^IMALS thick-bodied, short-legged, and sharp-nosed. The ears arc extremely short, and quite hidden in the fur; the legs are short, the feet rat-like, and the tail is so very short that it also is half hidden by the fur. The fur is long, fluffy and fine; brown, brownish-gray, or mottled in sum- mer, but snow-white in winter. The length of the head and body is 4 to 5 inches, and of the tail, i inch. The Lemming is found from Latitude 56° northward to the whole arctic coast; in Labra- dor, Greenland, the arctic islands, and on as far north as man has ever gone on land. It [irefers Its ears are very small, and do not rise above the fur on the head. The type species, known as Cooper's Lemming Mouse,' is only two-fifths the size of the Hudson Bay Lemming. It inhabits the northeastern United States, from Massa- chusetts to Minnesota, and southward to North Carolina, Tennessee, Indiana and Iowa. Its color above is yellowish-brown washed with black, with bluish-gray or whitish underparts. Length, 31 to 4 inches; tail, -J inch. Other spe- cies of Lemming Mice inhabit Canada, Labra- dor, New Hampshire, Washington, Kansas and HUDSON BAY LEMMING. Winter and summer pelage. FIELD MOUSE. open, dry, uplands, and is not found in timbered regions. Often a district of acceptable ground is covered with a wide-spread- ing network of runways, just below the surface. Mr. ('. H. Townsend, who has kept them in cap- tivit}', says thej' are kind-spirited and sociable little creatures, fond of attention, and much given to standing up and hopping about on their hind legs. In summer they store up supplies of ^'egetable food in their runways for use in winter. The Lemming , or False Lemming, is interesting chieHy because it is a connecting link between the true lemmings and the mice. The Field Mouse, or Meadow Mous
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