. American animals; a popular guide to the mammals of North America north of Mexico, with intimate biographies of the more familiar species. Mammals. MICE AND SHREWS OP THE EASTERN STATES Photographed from skins to show relative proportions r. Pine Mouse {Microtus pinetorum) (uniform dull chestnut, fur very soft) 2. Red-backed Mouse {Evotomys gapperi) (rusty chestnut, brightest on back) ,1. White-footed Mouse (Peromyscus Icucopus) (fawn color, with white belly, ears large) 4. Long-tailed Jumping Mouse {Zapus insignis) (yellowish buff, hair rather coarse) 5. Meadow Mouse (Microtus pennsylvanicu


. American animals; a popular guide to the mammals of North America north of Mexico, with intimate biographies of the more familiar species. Mammals. MICE AND SHREWS OP THE EASTERN STATES Photographed from skins to show relative proportions r. Pine Mouse {Microtus pinetorum) (uniform dull chestnut, fur very soft) 2. Red-backed Mouse {Evotomys gapperi) (rusty chestnut, brightest on back) ,1. White-footed Mouse (Peromyscus Icucopus) (fawn color, with white belly, ears large) 4. Long-tailed Jumping Mouse {Zapus insignis) (yellowish buff, hair rather coarse) 5. Meadow Mouse (Microtus pennsylvanicus) (blackish, grizzled with gray) 6. Lemming Mouse (Synaptomys cooperi) (similar, but tail very short and incisors grooved) 7. Short-tailed Shrew (Blarina brevicatida) (plumbeous gray, fur very soft) 8. Long-tailed Shrew {Sorex personatus) (fur similar but tinged with brown) (About tbree>fifths natural siz^. 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 Stone, Witmer, 1866-1939; Cram, William Everett, 1871-. New York, Doubleday, Page & Company


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