Yosemite nature notes . thung. The bright tan sides and purewhite underparts, contrasting stronglywith the reddish dark brown area on thehead and back, give a clean, attractiveappearance. The long hind legs indicatethe source of the bounding gait responsi-ble for the name. The exceptionally longtail serves as a balance rod to the ani-mal when it makts leaps. Jumping mice inhabit the cool, wetmeadows and stream banks in the mid-dle elevations of the park. They swimreadily. Being generally nocturnal, theyare seen usually only by accident. Unlikemost mice, they hibernate. The food consists of see
Yosemite nature notes . thung. The bright tan sides and purewhite underparts, contrasting stronglywith the reddish dark brown area on thehead and back, give a clean, attractiveappearance. The long hind legs indicatethe source of the bounding gait responsi-ble for the name. The exceptionally longtail serves as a balance rod to the ani-mal when it makts leaps. Jumping mice inhabit the cool, wetmeadows and stream banks in the mid-dle elevations of the park. They swimreadily. Being generally nocturnal, theyare seen usually only by accident. Unlikemost mice, they hibernate. The food consists of seeds, mainly thoseof grasses, though stems and leaves enterinto their diet Tracks of yellow-haired porcupine. Mmd footon left, front on right. Six-incli pencil. Yellow-haired porcupine. There is a fair chance of seeing theyellow-haired porcupine anywhere inYosemite from the lowest reaches up totimberline. If you find one, there is noneed for apprehension, provided you keepout of reach. The porky is not aggres-sive. Porcupines cannot shoot their black, barbed outer tips of the yel-low quills fasten themselves very easilvinto an enemy on contact or may bedriven in firmly by the action of thethick, muscular tail. Stickers are not the only body cov-ering. They replace part of the underfur, but may be kept so flat as not to showthrough the overhairs, except on the tail,unless the animal is excited or on thedefensive. The fur is brownish black,with a coat cf yellow-tipped guard underparts lack quills. Some predators take advantage of thislast fact and manage to kill porcupinesby flipping them over and attacking theunder side. There are, howeve
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