. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. fore limbs; but, whilst in the Fl>mg Squiriels this spui Anomalures it projects from the ell)ow, and thus pioduces brane. The ears are well developed, the eyes large, and the general aspect both of head and body com pletely squinel-lrke. Six species of this family have been described, all from the West Coast of Afi-ica. One of them occurs in the island of Fernando Po. The species figured (Anomalnrus/idgens) is from the Gaboon It is a handsome little creature, of a bright reddish coloni paler below, and haAdng a small white spot between
. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. fore limbs; but, whilst in the Fl>mg Squiriels this spui Anomalures it projects from the ell)ow, and thus pioduces brane. The ears are well developed, the eyes large, and the general aspect both of head and body com pletely squinel-lrke. Six species of this family have been described, all from the West Coast of Afi-ica. One of them occurs in the island of Fernando Po. The species figured (Anomalnrus/idgens) is from the Gaboon It is a handsome little creature, of a bright reddish coloni paler below, and haAdng a small white spot between the Its length is fourteen inches, and its tail is seven inches long. In some of the other species the tail is as long as the body. Of the habits of these animals little is ])ositively known, but they are said to feed upon fruits They )irobably resemble the Flying Squirrels in then general mode of life. FA JULY III.—H.\ -^ This is another small family, smaller even than molm; tfeth of the anomah-ke the preceding one, for it includes only a single known species, limited in its range to the coast of North America. This is the Sewellel, a little Eodent, first observed by the American travellers, Lewis and Clarke, in 1805 or 1806, described in 1814 by Rafinesque under the name of Anismiyx ru/a, and afterwards, in 1829, by Sir John Richardson, as the type of a new genus, as A-plodontia leporina. Tliis generic name has been coriected, in accordance with its derivation, ;y recent writers, to Ilaploihni, from which the name of the family has been formed. In this animal there are five molare in the n]iper and four in the lower jaw ; the first upper molar. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Duncan, P. Martin (Peter Martin), 1821-1891; Metcalf Collection (North Caro
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