NATURAL HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA 



A Piebald Vlei Otomys 



The Vlei Otomys 



The Chestnut Tree Mouse . 



The Grey Tree Mouse 



The Brown or Norway Rat 



Albino Brown or Norway Rat 



White-nosed Rat 



The Pouched Rat 



The Striped Rat 



The Cape Blesmol 



A Mole Rat : Dentition of a Mole Rat 



The Sand Mole ..... 



A Mole Rat and Darling's Blesmol . 



Mounds or Hills Cast up by the Blesmol 



Albino Mole Rat 



The Springhare . 



Skeleton of a Springhare 



The Rock Rat or Noki 



The Cane Rat . 



The South African Porcupine 



Quills of the South African Porcupine 



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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