. The American natural history : a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America . Natural history. ORDERS OF MAMMALS—GNAWING ANIMALS usually dark brown mixed with black. Seven species are known, extending in range from Labrador westward to Oregon, Washington and northern British Columbia, and also down to Colorado. None are found in the eastern half of the United States. There is no special mark by which it is easy to distinguish them from their nearest relatives, the red-backed mice. The species most widely distributed, and best known, is the Northwestern Vole,1 the l
. The American natural history : a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America . Natural history. ORDERS OF MAMMALS—GNAWING ANIMALS usually dark brown mixed with black. Seven species are known, extending in range from Labrador westward to Oregon, Washington and northern British Columbia, and also down to Colorado. None are found in the eastern half of the United States. There is no special mark by which it is easy to distinguish them from their nearest relatives, the red-backed mice. The species most widely distributed, and best known, is the Northwestern Vole,1 the largest member of this group,—a grayish-brown creature, with feet and all under parts white, or nearly so. It inhabits Alberta, British Colum- bia, Idaho, Wyoming, Washington and south central Oregon. Length of head and body, 4 inches, tail, If inches. In mental capacity the Wood Rat, Pack Rat, Trading Rat or Bushy-Tailed Rat - is the most wonderful member of the whole Rat-and-Mouse Family, at least in North America. The true stories of its pranks are almost beyond belief. Seemingly its chief object in life is to play prac- tical jokes on mankind; and any rat which mani- fests a spirit of toleration toward man surely is entitled to special consideration. The typical Wood Rat is a large-sized, big- eyed, large-eared and rather handsome creature,. FLORIDA WOOD RAT. without the mean, vicious look of a common rat, with fine yellowish-gray fur, white feet, and white under parts. In some species, the tail is cov- ered with long hair, and by this fact alone it is possible to distinguish many members of the genus. The Wood Rats are distributed very 1 Phenacomys orophilus. 2 Neotoma. generally throughout the southern and western part of the United States, and are also found in British Columbia and Mexico. Frequently their presence is indicated by the huge, mound-like nests, from two to three feet high, which they build of twigs, grass, leaves and bark. These animals are nocturnal in
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