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coarse brown or yellow hair. It has slender legs, with 

 three toes on the hind feet. 



Guinea-pigs came originally from Brazil, but they are 

 now domesticated in nearly all countries. 



FIG. 160. 



GUINEA-PIG. 



The hares have very long ears ; their fore legs arc 

 much shorter than the hind ones ; they can consequently 



FIG. 161. 



COMMON HARE (Lepus timidus). 



move only by a series of jumps, a sort of gallop. The 

 agility of their movement is the only resource they have 

 when they are pursued by enemies. Their fur has some 

 commercial value, and their flesh is much esteemed. 



