NATURAL HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA 



A PIEBALD VLEI OTOMYS .... To face page 94 



THE VLEI OTOMYS 94 



THE CHESTNUT TREE MOUSE . . . . 115 



THE GREY TREE MOUSE . . . . 115 



THE BROWN OR NORWAY RAT . . . 115 



ALBINO BROWN OR NORWAY RAT ' . . 126 



WHITE-NOSED RAT ..... ,, 126 



THE POUCHED RAT 134 



THE STRIPED RAT 134 



THE CAPE BLESMOL ..... ,, 149 



A MOLE RAT : DENTITION OF A MOLE RAT . 149 



THE SAND MOLE 151 



A MOLE RAT AND DARLING'S BLESMOL . . 151 



MOUNDS OR HILLS CAST UP BY THE BLESMOL . 154 



ALBINO MOLE RAT 154 



THE SPRINGHARE ...... 156 



SKELETON OF A SPRINGHARE .... ,, 156 



THE ROCK RAT OR NOKI .... 177 



THE CANE RAT ,,177 



THE SOUTH AFRICAN PORCUPINE ... 183 



QUILLS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN PORCUPINE . 183 



A SOUTH AFRICAN PORCUPINE EMERGING FROM 



ITS HOLE ...... 



TAIL OF A PORCUPINE ..... 



THE CAPE HARE 



THE SOUTH AFRICAN HARE OR KOL-HAAS . 



THE RED HARE OR ROOI-HAAS ... 



THE ROCK HARE OR RHEBOK-HAAS . . 

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