- Thelemark cows of Norway
- Angora Goats
- Podolian Cow, Galicia
- The Mehari, or racing Camel
- The Berkshire
- Cotswold
- Caribou
Caribou - Brown Lemming
Brown Lemming - Halicore Dugong
- Manatee (Manatus Americanus)
- Small Breed White pig, Shown at Bedford
- Walrus skull, showing the powerful canine teeth
- Ailuropus Melanoleucus
Besides these two varieties of bears, there is another animal, which, though it is not properly a bear, resembles one so closely that it is classed by the Chinese and Tibetans in that family. It is known to the Chinese as hua hsiung, or "mottled bear," and Milne Edwards, who studied and described it, has called it Ailuropus melanoleucus. This animal was, I believe, discovered by that enterprising missionary and naturalist, Father Armand David (who called it "white bear"), in the little eastern Tibetan principality of Dringpa or Mupin, in western Ssu-ch'uan.[13] Five specimens have so far been secured of this very rare animal: three are in the Jardin des Plantes of Paris, the other two in the Museum at the Jesuits' establishment, at Zikawei, near Shanghai. - Walrus, showing the upper incisors in the form of tusks
- Lord Chesham's Shropshire
- Camel
Camel - Polo's Sheep
Polo's Sheep - Dromedary Camel
Dromedary Camel - Opossum
- Meadow vole
Meadow vole - Giraffe
Giraffe - African Fat-Tailed Sheep
- Llama
- The Woolly Kangaroo
The Woolly Kangaroo - Rabbit
Rabbit - The Alpine Ibex. Note the Curiously Knobbed Horns
A well-known wild goat is the Ibex of the Alps. This is a splendid fellow, with long and strong horns but no beard. It used to be very common, but has been shot at so much that very few are left. - Giraffe group
Giraffe group - Cape Buffalo
Cape Buffalo - Negretti Merino Ram
- Haymouse (singing vole)
Haymouse (singing vole) - Two-year old Southdown sheep
- The Three-banded Armadillo. An Animal in a Coat of Mail
The armadillo is an American animal, and is found in our country in the state of Texas. It goes south from there through Mexico and on to South America, where it is found everywhere. It lives in large numbers in the woods and on the great grass plains. In its food and habits it is much like the hedgehog, and like it burrows in the ground. To do this it has very strong claws, and these it can use to defend itself when it takes a fancy to fight. - The Elephant and the Rotten Bridge
It is seldom that an elephant can be induced to pass over ground he considers unsafe. Sometimes, however, a driver obtains such a mastery over a timid animal, that he compels him to undertake what his better sense would induce him to decline. An elephant of this character was owned by a person residing in the neighbourhood of Gyah. Between the house and the town was a small bridge, over which the elephant had frequently passed. One day, however, he refused to go over. He tried it with his trunk, evidently suspecting that its strength was not sufficient to bear his weight. Still, the obstinate driver urged him on with the sharp spear with which elephants are driven. At length, with cautious steps he began the passage, still showing an extreme unwillingness to proceed. As he approached the centre, loud cracks were heard, when the treacherous bridge gave way, and both elephant and rider were precipitated into the stream below; the latter being killed by the fall, and the former, who had proved himself the most sensible being of the two, being much injured. - Bony skeleton of Hippopotamus
- Dorset Ram
- The Striped Zebra of Africa
The Zebra, one of the most beautiful of animals, from its handsomely striped skin, is a member of the horse family, but one of which we do not need to speak, since it is found only in a wild state. It has in some cases been tamed and trained to harness, but it is an obstinate and hot-tempered brute, so that few have tried to tame it. - A sheep taking in the view
A sheep taking in the view - Dromedary (standing) and Bactrian Camels
Dromedary (standing) and Bactrian Camels - A Kitten
A Kitten - Nutria
I believe this is a Nutria, an animal like a beaver but with a rat like tail - Deer boar
Deer boar - 3 Giraffe
3 Giraffe - Loaded-up Camel
Loaded-up Camel - Half-breed (Buffalo-Domestic) Calf
Half-breed (Buffalo-Domestic) Calf - Freiburger Beef
Freiburger Beef - Rocky Mountain Sheep
Rocky Mountain Sheep - Beaver
Beaver - The Common Hedgehog with his Battery of Spines
The hedgehog is about a foot long and six inches high, with small black eyes and sharp-pointed head. The odd thing about it is the fact that where most animals are covered with hair this[303] one is covered with spines, hard and sharp, like little thorns. These grow to be about an inch long and there are muscles in the back that cause them to stand up and stick out in all directions. When a dog gets busy about a hedgehog, it does not try to run away. All it does is to roll itself up into a ball, its head and tail meeting over its lower parts and its spines sticking up all around. When the dog gets these into his nose a few times he is apt to lose his taste for hedgehog meat. He may roll the animal about with his paws, but that does no good, and he soon goes away with sore head and paws, leaving the hedgehog to unroll and make its way back to its burrow. When taken home and fed it soon becomes very tame and friendly. It can be handled with safety, for when it is not rolled up its spines lie flat along its back, so that its friends can stroke its back and scratch its nose without harm. These it likes to have done. When it is put on a table it does not a bit mind taking a dive to the floor, for it rolls up so to fall on its spines and thus is not hurt. A tame hedgehog is a good thing to keep in a garden or kitchen, for it helps to clear the one of worms and the other of roaches and sometimes will catch and kill a rat. It is not afraid to attack snakes, even poisonous ones like the viper. The poison does not seem to do it any harm. - Bactrian Camel
Bactrian Camel - Zebra with young
Zebra with young - Performing Elephant
Performing Elephant - Esquimaux Dog
- A Pair of Angora Goats
The other wool-yielder is the Angora goat, well known in this country. This yields a thick and fine wool, soft and silky and slightly curled. The color is mostly snow-white, though at times there are dark patches. It is shed in great locks in summer, but soon grows again. During the hot weather the goats are constantly washed and combed, to add to the beauty of their wool. The finest Angora wool, called Mohair, comes from goats a year old. All its value is lost at six years of age. - Head of Indian Elephant
- Fallow Deer
Fallow Deer - Giraffe
Giraffe - Half-breed (Buffalo-Domestic) Cow
Half-breed (Buffalo-Domestic) Cow - The Musk-Ox (Ovibos moschatus)
Another large mammal, perhaps less well known, is the Musk-Ox (Ovibos moschatus), which resembles in size the smaller varieties of Oxen, but in structure and habits is closely allied to the Sheep. As is implied by the specific name, it exhales a musky odour; this does not, however, appear to be due to the secretion of a special gland, as is the case in other animals with a similar smell. The skin is covered with long brown thickly-matted hair, interspersed with white. It is confined to the most northerly parts of North America and the American Arctic islands, and to North Greenland. Though not now living in the Old World, it seems formerly to have been abundant in Siberia, and, as we shall learn later on, it was one of the species which took part in the great Siberian invasion of Europe. Its remains have been found not only in Germany and France, but also in the south of England. - Bat
Bat - Gems
Gems