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VERrEBRATES : MAM-MALS. 



bi-owii in color, with long white-tipped hairs, and has 

 the tail and upper parts co\-ered with white spines. It 

 lives in hollow trees and m holes among the rocks, and 

 readily climbs trees. It eats bark, leaves, and green 

 corn. It is often called the Hedgehog, but is a very 

 different annnal from the true Hedgehog (p. 6o). See 

 Figure 95. The Crested Porcupine, of Southern Eu- 

 rope, has quills nearly a foot long. 



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Hares. 



Hares are found in nearly all countries. In America 

 there are about thirty kinds. They are timid, and 

 ]:a\'e a habit of stamping \\ith the hind feet when 

 alarmed. The Common Hare, or White Rabbit, about 

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

 winter. It li\'es in the thick swamps, rarely enters 

 holes when pursued, but depends for safety upon its 



