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The Flying Squirrel 
J UST this moment this squirrel does not seem 
very different from a common squirrel, except 
that his tail is not bushy. Wait till he springs 
from this branch to another some distance off and 
a little lower down, and you will see why he is 
called a “flying” squirrel. He will spread out his 
legs, and so will stretch out, too, a large fold of 
thin skin which goes from his fore feet to his hind 
feet. That will be like a sail, while his tail acts 
as a sort of rudder. So without wings he really 
does succeed in flying, because he sails through the 
air, although he can do so in none but a downward 
direction. Only the birds can fly upward. 
The Wild Ass 
T HOUGH this wild ass looks almost 
like a pony, he is really very wild, 
and lives only on the desert or stony 
plains of Asia and Africa. He looks some¬ 
thing like a zebra in form, but he is plain 
color except for a few dark stripes. These 
asses usually live in families of four or five, 
and not in large herds. They are hard to 
approach, for they are fleet. They eat 
grasses and woody plants, and go long distances by night to get water. No 
one would think that the meek-looking donkey comes from such an active 
animal as this, but he does. 
The Dor-cas Ga-zelle 
T HE Dor-cas Ga-zelle is one of the most elegant of the an-te-lopes, 
and is found in desert regions in Asia and Africa. It is about two 
feet tall at the shoulder, and is fawn-colored, with the inside of 
the legs and under part of the body white, 
and some white markings on the cheeks. 
The horns are long and slender and have 
distinct rings. The ga-zelle is remarkable 
for its great speed, and in running often 
leaps a yard or more from the ground. It 
lives on grass and the tender shoots of 
shrubs and bushes, especially the mi-mo-sa 
tree. Ga-zelles always go in herds. 
