. Introduction to zoology; a guide to the study of animals, for the use of secondary schools;. ants are distinguished by their long trunks,great incisors (tusks), and huge, complex grinding Indian and African types are quite distinct. Ele-phants are intelligent, tractable, and capable of doingmuch work for man. Their diet is vegetable, consistingespecially of the leaves and young branches of foresttrees, which they gather with their proboscis. The Insectivora1 are small mammals and chiefly terres-trial. One of our common families includes species ofmoles which burrow in the ground, h
. Introduction to zoology; a guide to the study of animals, for the use of secondary schools;. ants are distinguished by their long trunks,great incisors (tusks), and huge, complex grinding Indian and African types are quite distinct. Ele-phants are intelligent, tractable, and capable of doingmuch work for man. Their diet is vegetable, consistingespecially of the leaves and young branches of foresttrees, which they gather with their proboscis. The Insectivora1 are small mammals and chiefly terres-trial. One of our common families includes species ofmoles which burrow in the ground, have small eyes andbroad, shovel-shaped fore feet, used for digging their bur-rows. They feed chiefly on earthworms. The othercommon family is that of the shrews, which are mouse-like,live chiefly on the surface and in the woods, and feed oninsects and small crustaceans. 1 insectum, an insect; vomre, to devour. 328 ZOOLOGY The Carnivora1 include both land and marine the first group (Fig. 302) belong the cats (includingtigers, lions, leopards, lynx, etc.) ; the civet-cats, mongoose,. FIG. 302. — Felis jubata, the Cheetah or hunting leopard. Photo, of a group, iu the Field Columbian Museum. etc.; the hyenas ; the dogs (including jackals, wolves, andfoxes); the bears ; the raccoons; and the great/?/r-bearers,—martens, minks, weasels, badgers and otters, and skunks.
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