. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Mammals; Natural history; Mammifères; Sciences naturelles. »f^ 442 THE BUJAU, OK TIKUS. a thick and woolly felt of tijio hairs, which lies lumcath tlic loiin- silken hairs that form the apparent i'uv of the animal, and which allbrds an defence aoainst the li(ii,i,l element in which the creature i)asses ;- ⢠of its time. The tail of this animal is shorter iha i the hoily, and very remarkable in its shape for at its l)ase it is compressed, hut ra])idly becomes rounded, and swells with such abruptness, that it may almost deserv
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Mammals; Natural history; Mammifères; Sciences naturelles. »f^ 442 THE BUJAU, OK TIKUS. a thick and woolly felt of tijio hairs, which lies lumcath tlic loiin- silken hairs that form the apparent i'uv of the animal, and which allbrds an defence aoainst the li(ii,i,l element in which the creature i)asses ;- ⢠of its time. The tail of this animal is shorter iha i the hoily, and very remarkable in its shape for at its l)ase it is compressed, hut ra])idly becomes rounded, and swells with such abruptness, that it may almost deserve the term of bulbous. It tlien decreases in size as rapidly as it had increased, and, in ].roi)oition it becomes smaller, it becomes verticallv The entire iiiend)ev is, like tliat of the heaver, thickly set with scales through the intervals of which i)rotruile a number of short and bristly "isolated hairs Both by dimensions and colour, the IVench Daesman is easily'to be from its congener, for it is barely more than balf the .-ize o'f the : ian anMiial- the tail ]s diflerently formed, and the colour is of a distinct character. The tail of the French Daesman is devoid of the peculiar swelling that characterises that member -n the IJussian Daesman, and tapers gi'adually to a point. For three-fourths of its length the tail is nearly cylindrical, bnt becomes vertically com]> f â ! the remaining fonnh It IS, moreover, as long as the body. Tlie colour of the fur is a \-eiy warm In'own, almost amoiintuig to mai'oon, the Hanks arc a greyish-brown, and the abdomen is ^te There is also a slight difference in the webbing of the feet, for the toi of the fore feet'are only half enveloped in the skii. :uid the external toe ol' the hinder feet is Mith the others. i'. ^, % HUI,.\l!, OH (;;;iH,///,ir ^'">.v, â y^'-^ft/i'^'^ _ A VERY remarkable aniiiai unu comes before us, the Bula
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