. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. WOOD BABBIT, OB COTTON-TAIL. A familiar animal in all the forest regions of the United States is the Wood or Cotton-Tail Rabbit, some- times Called " Molly Cotton ; It is a timid, pretty creature and al- though it has many foes, holds its own in our woods. {Lepus sylvaticus.) for various purposes and is also used in the manufacture of hats, but is very plentiful, and therefore cheap. Besides Man it has still more dangerous enemies in Wolves, Gluttons and Lynxes, which kill large numbers of these Hares. ThcDrnirioHitr
. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. WOOD BABBIT, OB COTTON-TAIL. A familiar animal in all the forest regions of the United States is the Wood or Cotton-Tail Rabbit, some- times Called " Molly Cotton ; It is a timid, pretty creature and al- though it has many foes, holds its own in our woods. {Lepus sylvaticus.) for various purposes and is also used in the manufacture of hats, but is very plentiful, and therefore cheap. Besides Man it has still more dangerous enemies in Wolves, Gluttons and Lynxes, which kill large numbers of these Hares. ThcDrnirioHitros In Amcrican common parlance there is no inerramenares,-^^^^ distinction between the term "Hare" Rabbits " ^'''^ " R^-^bit" as there is in Europe where the large, long-eared, stout varieties, liv- ing in shallow "forms," are named "Hares," and the smaller and more slender kind, which digs a deep burrow, is the " Rab- ; In this country no well defined distinction exists. The several species popularly known as Jack Rabbits have none of the distinctive features of the Rabbit (Lepus cuniculus) of Europe. Of these so-called Jack Rabbits the Northern Prairie Hare [Lepus campestris) may be taken as the type. It is one of the largest species of Hares, measuring about twenty inches in length, and it has long, strong and vigorous limbs, and such remartably long ears that the popular name it bears is fully justified. The general color is yellowish gray with black ear tips. The under portion of the body is of lighter hue, and the tail is white above arid below. This northern species is found on the western prairies from British America to Colorado. It undergoes a winter change of coat, becoming nearly white, but the blanching is never com- glete and russet streaks or patches remain through the winter, 'ther species of the Jack Rabbits are the Texas Hare (Lepus mllotis) inhabiting Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, and the Californian
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