. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Mammals; Natural history; Mammifères; Sciences naturelles. %1 liUlNKA Aiaia. teetli are needed nilpy to enable it 1 herds upon the ; to considerable good, and when ys largely on the Gnt meal; and is ilf with a dinner, is very attractive utters a peculiar )ise is produced, The colour of the (Juinea Pig is very variable ; hut is generally composed of white, rod, and black, in patches of different si^e and shape in each individual. The bare \ irtions of the skin are flesh-coloured, and the eye is brown. The animal is of little direct use t
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Mammals; Natural history; Mammifères; Sciences naturelles. %1 liUlNKA Aiaia. teetli are needed nilpy to enable it 1 herds upon the ; to considerable good, and when ys largely on the Gnt meal; and is ilf with a dinner, is very attractive utters a peculiar )ise is produced, The colour of the (Juinea Pig is very variable ; hut is generally composed of white, rod, and black, in patches of different si^e and shape in each individual. The bare \ irtions of the skin are flesh-coloured, and the eye is brown. The animal is of little direct use to mankind, as its flesh is held in very low estimation, and its hair is so slightly attached to the skin that its coat is useless to the furrier. There Vv-as formerly a prevalent idea that 'i s had an especial anti])at}iy to the (Guinea Pig, and Mould not haunt any place v here one of these animals was kept. Pabbit owners were therefore in the habit of placing a Guinea Pig in the same apartment with the hutches, in hopes of scaring away the i its, which are the chief enemies of tame As, however, in several instances 'he (iuinea Pigs were eaten by the rats instead of driving them from the premises, the cusl mi has gradually fallen into deserved disrepute. The group of animals which is known by the name of Leporidio, from the Latin woi 1, kpun, a have, is easily distinguishable from the other rodents by the pecidiar dentition f the upper jaw. Usually there are only two incisor teeth in that jaw ; but in the Lciiorid,- there are four incisors, a pair of smaller teeth being placed immediately behind the usua upper incisors. The common Hare is known from the rabbit by the redder hue of its fur, the great pi'Kiortiuiiate length of its Idack-tipped ears, which aie nearly an inch longer than the iit-ad; by its very long hind , and its large and prominent eyes. AXHien full-grown it is of considerable size, weighing on the average about eiglit or nine pounds, and some
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