. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. A STRANGELY MARKED ANIMAL 197. THIRTEEN-LINED SPERMOPHILE. The Thirteen-Lined, or Leopard Spermophile/ is the most familiar and widely distributed species, and although one of the smallest, it is also the most strangely marked. Nature was in a sportive mood when she decorated the back and sides of this little creature with seven broad stripes of dark brown, then laid between them six narrow stripes of pale yellow, and finally marked each of the seven brown stripes with a ro
. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. A STRANGELY MARKED ANIMAL 197. THIRTEEN-LINED SPERMOPHILE. The Thirteen-Lined, or Leopard Spermophile/ is the most familiar and widely distributed species, and although one of the smallest, it is also the most strangely marked. Nature was in a sportive mood when she decorated the back and sides of this little creature with seven broad stripes of dark brown, then laid between them six narrow stripes of pale yellow, and finally marked each of the seven brown stripes with a row of large, pale-yellow spots. The yellow spots on the brown lines are the first feature of the color scheme to catch the eye, and they distinguish this animal almost as far as it can be seen. Its under-parts are pale yellow, and its size is 63^+3J^ inches. Do not call this animal the "Striped" Spermophile, be- cause that name would apply to several other species, and be worthless; and do not call it the "Striped Gopher," be- cause it is not a "gopher" of any kind. The Thirteen-Lined Spermophile inhabits about one-third of the United States, extending from Fort Wayne, Indiana, southwestward to Fort Worth, Texas, and northwestward to the plains of the Saskatchewan. Its western hmit is the Rocky Mountains, but nowhere does it live in timbered re- gions, being strictly a prairie animal. Its burrow is a hole about two inches in diameter, which ' Ci-tel'lus tri-de'cem-lin-e-a' 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 Hornaday, William Temple, 1854-1937. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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