CLASS MAMMALIA. 



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mal of its size. Its skin is so loose and thick, that while 

 the teeth of its assailants can make little impression 



FIG. 432. 



PIG. 433. 



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Taxld'ea america'na. Badger. ( T 'o.) 



upon it, the Badger can turn itself round in it, so as to 

 reach and bite them. It feeds upon small animals, which 

 it digs out of their burrows, leaving dangerous trap-holes 

 for the unwary traveler. 

 The Wo Iverine 

 (wool'ver en) inhabits 

 the northern parts of 

 Europe and America. 

 Extravagant stories are 

 told by trappers of its 

 strength and ferocity,* 

 whereas it is harmless 

 to man, and only annoying by devouring animals caught 

 in traps, and by destroying the hunter's hoards. With 



* Thus we are gravely informed that the Wolverine will drop from a tree 

 upon the back of an animal passing underneath, and, clinging to its neck with 

 long trenchant claws, tear open the blood-vessels until the poor victim falls life- 

 less. 



Gu'to lus'cus. Wolverine, or "Glutton." 



