HABITS OF THE BEAVER. 



585 



under two years old. The females bring forth their young 



from two to five at a time, in the month of May, and nurse 



them for a few weeks, 



after which the latter 



takes to bank." They 



attain their full growth 



at two years and six 



months, and live from 



twelve to fifteen years. * 



Allied to the beaver, Fi & . 504-Sewellel or SHowt'l. Much reduced, 

 but forming the type -F r m American Naturalist. 



of a distinct family, is the singular sewellel or showt'l 



Fig. 505. Alpine Hare of the Rocky Mountains. After Harden. 



(Eaplodon rufns Cones, Fig. 504) of the mountains of west- 

 ern Oregon and Washington Territory. It is nearly as large 



* The American Beaver and liis Works. By Lewis H. Morgan. 1868. 



