. Mammals of other lands;. Mammals. photo by A. S. Rudland Ssf Soni POUCHED MOLE T^is animal is of a pale golden-red colour ^ and about J inches long. It spends most of its time burroiving, 'which it can do luith great rapidity^ in the sand of the Australian deserts in search of insects. nolo bj iV. SavM,-KiM, UNDER SURFACE OF POUCHED MOLE Ivvtice the abnormal size of the third and fourth toes of the fore limbs, and their peculiar scoop-like shape Thecolour of thepouched mole is for the most part light fawn, varying in parts to golden yellow. One of its most conspicuous features, as ill
. Mammals of other lands;. Mammals. photo by A. S. Rudland Ssf Soni POUCHED MOLE T^is animal is of a pale golden-red colour ^ and about J inches long. It spends most of its time burroiving, 'which it can do luith great rapidity^ in the sand of the Australian deserts in search of insects. nolo bj iV. SavM,-KiM, UNDER SURFACE OF POUCHED MOLE Ivvtice the abnormal size of the third and fourth toes of the fore limbs, and their peculiar scoop-like shape Thecolour of thepouched mole is for the most part light fawn, varying in parts to golden yellow. One of its most conspicuous features, as illustrated in the accom- panying photographs, is the abnormal size of the third and fourth toes of the fore limbs, their pecuHar scoop-like character proving of eminent service to the animal in its customary sand-burrowing habits. The Tasmanian Wolf The remaining family of the Australian marsupials constitutes a parallel to the carnivorous order of the higher mammalia, all its members being more or less flesh- eaters, and having their dentition modified with relation to such habits. One of these (the TASMANIAN WoLF, or TiGER of the colonists, better known to zoologists as the Thylacine) is an animal of considerable size. Its dimensions equal those of a wolf or mastiff, with which the contour of its body and more especially that of the head very nearly correspond. In common with the true dogs, the thylacine hunts its prey by scent. This is well attested to by the following incident, as related by eye-witnesses. While camping out among the hills in Tasmania their attention was attracted very early one morning by a brush-kangaroo hopping past their fire in an evidently highly excited state. Some ten minutes later up cantered a she thylacine with her nose down exactly on the track, evidently following the scent, and in another quarter of an hour her two cubs came by also in the precise track. While not very swift, the Tasmanian " tigers'' possess immense staying power, and will
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