. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. 240 THE BEASTS OF PREY. winter and endures the burning rays of the sun with the same equanimity with which he lies down on the stone floor of his cage when there is a hard frost. The Graceful Some exceedingly pretty, small spe- Fennecs or Large- cies of Foxes inhabit Africa and the Eared Foxes, contiguous portions of Asia. They are the dwarfs of the Dog tribe in general and the Fox genus in particular; are of graceful build and a pale yellow color. They are principally distin- guished by the large ears, which in two species ex- cee
. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. 240 THE BEASTS OF PREY. winter and endures the burning rays of the sun with the same equanimity with which he lies down on the stone floor of his cage when there is a hard frost. The Graceful Some exceedingly pretty, small spe- Fennecs or Large- cies of Foxes inhabit Africa and the Eared Foxes, contiguous portions of Asia. They are the dwarfs of the Dog tribe in general and the Fox genus in particular; are of graceful build and a pale yellow color. They are principally distin- guished by the large ears, which in two species ex- ceed all usual proportions, but in other allied spe- cies also are notably larger than those of other Foxes. They have been called Large-eared Foxes or Fennecs, though their teeth are similar to those of the other Foxes. When the hot day is drawing to its close and all animals of diurnal habits seem revived by the cool- ness of the evening, another somewhat gloomy but yet dainty tribe thinks only of beginning their day's or rather night's work. I do not mean the abominable Hyaenas nor the howling Jackals, which hungrily prowl around for food at thslt time; neither do. I mean, the Lynx of the desert, the Caracal; but it is an- other robber, the dain- tiest and most graceful of them all that I wish to introduce. This is the Fennec, or Fox of the .Desert (Vulpes zerdo), an animial more character- istic of the desert than the Gazelle itself. Imag- ine a Fox's face, delicate and fine of feature, cun- ning; and sly of expres- sion like that of Reynard himself. This face shows a pair of eyes and both sides of it are surmounted by ears more huge than are found in any other mem- ber of the Fox family or even among the rest of the Canidae. The slen- der body rests on small, extremely delicate' and dainty feet, and ends in a thick, long, bushy tail. One glance at the animal suffices to show that it must be extremely quick and agile, besides being most efficient in its organs
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