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VERTEBRATES: MAMMALS. 



Fig. 95. — American Porcupine. 



HARES. 



Hares Are found in nearly all countries. In America 

 there are about twenty kinds. They are timid, and 

 have a habit of stamping with the hind feet when 

 alarmed. The Common Hare, or White Rabbit, about 

 twenty inches long, is brown in summer, and white in 

 winter. It lives in the thick swamps, rarelj enters 

 holes when pursued, but depends for safety upon its 

 fleetness. It follows the same paths year after year, 

 both in winter and summer. The Gray Rabbit is a 

 smaller kind, which does not turn white in winter. 



EDENTATES. 



The Edentates are Sloths, Armadillos, and Ant-eaters. 

 iSome of these animals have no teeth, and others are 

 only destitute of front teeth. Many of them have a 

 bony or scaly covering. They live in warm countries. 



