. Monographs of North American rodentia [microform]. Rodentia; Paleontology; Rongeurs; Paléontologie. MONOGRAPHS OF NORTH AMERICAN RODENTIA. .... Tliey are considered by the Indians to possess liigh gastronomic qual- ities. To ascertain this I had one roasted secundum artetn. I found it excellent " Dr. Suckley gave some measurements, derived from examination of three fresh specimens, as follows:â "MeaiuremenU of ipeclaenf. ' From tip of noBO to base of tail ' VuitcbrsBof tail 'From InaeOf tail to tip of hair ' From occipllal protubcranco to tip of nooe * DiHtanco ItntwcvD eara ' Hol
. Monographs of North American rodentia [microform]. Rodentia; Paleontology; Rongeurs; Paléontologie. MONOGRAPHS OF NORTH AMERICAN RODENTIA. .... Tliey are considered by the Indians to possess liigh gastronomic qual- ities. To ascertain this I had one roasted secundum artetn. I found it excellent " Dr. Suckley gave some measurements, derived from examination of three fresh specimens, as follows:â "MeaiuremenU of ipeclaenf. ' From tip of noBO to base of tail ' VuitcbrsBof tail 'From InaeOf tail to tip of hair ' From occipllal protubcranco to tip of nooe * DiHtanco ItntwcvD eara ' Holglit of (.'Hrs pnstpriurly, about 'Easy Kirtb of boail, measDrcd around the ean * OlfvraDOD to wrist ' Midillo nail of fore paw, about '. ' From wrUt to end of loujcrat nail ' EsMy Rirlh behind Rhoulders ' Extcut from moat projecting toe nail of bind foot to ditto of fo» foot, extreme atietflh . ' From he*'l to end of middle too nail ' LoDgeat vhinkera, about NaW,* rf. No.»3,rnia as constituting a new variety, to which he applied the name of Haplodon leporimis var. californicus. I havfi seen no specimens from that region, nor is the material available at present sufficient to enable us to come to final conclusions respecting the normal rate of susceptibility to individual variation. The few s])eciinens, however, indicate tliat the nito is at least as high as Ihat which lias been established for various mammals more or less closely allied; and, should such provu really the case, there would be no impro- priety in considering var. cal{fornicus as strictly synonymous. F.âTABLKS OF MEASCBEMENT8. Tablk 1 .âtleiumremt»1$ of Ihrm alcoholic aped tun* }f IUP' t BUrUB. 1 D a o Locality. 1 From tip of nose to- â¢â â ail to end of- Uogthof- 8 1 2 1 1 a i â¢s 1 n j 1 1 "S i aoo 1 i i i t79 1 a Olynipla,W. T. 1180 3 90 0 79 Alcoholic. IVOA ...do rf 1.(10 I'lOO ....do. 1I
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