. Elements of zoölogy. Zoology. 324 BACKBONED ANIMALS. the globe. The upper lips are divided, the snout acute, and the ears generally naked. The Bandicoot rat is the largest, attaining in India a length of fourteen inches. The Norway rat attains a length of eight or ten inches, and is of a rusty brown color. They are very intelligent and prolific. They came originally from Central Asia, appearing first in Russia in 1737, crossing in vessels to America in 1775. This is the ordinary wharf rat. The black rat emigrated to this country in 1544. The musk- rat is an aquatic form, with a flattened tai
. Elements of zoölogy. Zoology. 324 BACKBONED ANIMALS. the globe. The upper lips are divided, the snout acute, and the ears generally naked. The Bandicoot rat is the largest, attaining in India a length of fourteen inches. The Norway rat attains a length of eight or ten inches, and is of a rusty brown color. They are very intelligent and prolific. They came originally from Central Asia, appearing first in Russia in 1737, crossing in vessels to America in 1775. This is the ordinary wharf rat. The black rat emigrated to this country in 1544. The musk- rat is an aquatic form, with a flattened tail and webbed hind-feet, and erects houses under water similar to those of the beaver. The coypu (Fig. 349), of the Chonos archipelago, is an allied form, also common in the streams :S\ I . _-. Fig. 350.—The lemming {Myodes lemmus). of South America. The house mouse is an importation from Europe and Asia. The European harvest mice (Fig. 345) are noted as nest-builders, forming them by weaving spears of grass about stalks of grain. The American field mouse {Arvicola) nests under ground in spring, on the surface in midsummer, and on the surface beneath the snow in winter. It does not hibernate. The lemmings. 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 Holder, Charles Frederick, 1851-1915; Holder, Joseph Bassett, 1824-1888, joint author. New York : D. Appleton and company
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