. Wanderings in South America, the north-west of the United States and the Antilles in the years 1812, 1816, 1820 & 1824 [microform] : with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, etc. for cabinets of natural history. Zoology; Zoologie. 458 EXPLANATORY INDKX. m Tho Coendoo, however, may be diHtingiiished by its lon^j prehensile tail, which can be coiled round the bninclics likn that of the Kpider-monkey and the little ant eater, which has been already described. Its food consists of leaves, flowers, young twigs, and siniihir substances, and its flesh is said to bo deli
. Wanderings in South America, the north-west of the United States and the Antilles in the years 1812, 1816, 1820 & 1824 [microform] : with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, etc. for cabinets of natural history. Zoology; Zoologie. 458 EXPLANATORY INDKX. m Tho Coendoo, however, may be diHtingiiished by its lon^j prehensile tail, which can be coiled round the bninclics likn that of the Kpider-monkey and the little ant eater, which has been already described. Its food consists of leaves, flowers, young twigs, and siniihir substances, and its flesh is said to bo delicate and tender. If so, it very much belies the odour which proceeds from its body, and which is thus described by Charles Kingsley : — '•', V liii. FOBCUi'INE. ,! I', I ft' I " More than once we became aware of a keen and dreadful scent, as of a concentrated essence of unwashed tropic humanity, which proceeded from that strange animal, the Porcupine with a prehensile tail, who prowls in the tree tops all night, and sleeps in them all day, spending his idle hours in making this hideous smell. Probably he or his ancestors have found it pay as a protection ; for no jaguar or tiger-cat, it is to be presumed, would care to meddle with any thing so exquisitely nasty, especially when it is all over sharp ; As to the theory that any animal, even the skunk itself, is Ml?. 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 Waterton, Charles, 1782-1865. London : Macmillan
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