Children's own library . THE ANGORA CAT fish, and capture them in the shallows by strikingthem out of the water with a blow of its paw. The Puma inhabits the whole of America, and is heldin much dread by the natives. Its color is a uniform gray,fading into white on the under parts of its body. It livesmuch on trees, and usually lies along the branches. We always speak of this animal as the panther, or painter, as it is more familiarly pronounced; some 28 WOODS NATURAL HISTORY term it the cougar, a word contracted from the originalelongated unpronounceable Mexican name, Gou-azouara. The Ocelot
Children's own library . THE ANGORA CAT fish, and capture them in the shallows by strikingthem out of the water with a blow of its paw. The Puma inhabits the whole of America, and is heldin much dread by the natives. Its color is a uniform gray,fading into white on the under parts of its body. It livesmuch on trees, and usually lies along the branches. We always speak of this animal as the panther, or painter, as it is more familiarly pronounced; some 28 WOODS NATURAL HISTORY term it the cougar, a word contracted from the originalelongated unpronounceable Mexican name, Gou-azouara. The Ocelot is a native of Mexico and Peru. Its heightis about eighteen inches, and its length about three THE CANADA LYNX It is a most beautiful animal, and is easily tamed. Whenin a wild state it lives principally on monkeys. The domestic Cat differs from the wild Cat hy theform of the tail. That of the domestic Cat is long andtapering, while that of the wild Cat is bushy andshort. The Cat is known to us as a persevering mouse- andbird-hunter. Kittens but just able to see will bristleup at the touch of a mouse and growl.
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