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- Guinea pig
The Guinean Piglet is one of the most sought-after pets in the whole rodent order, as it does not set high levels, as because of its harmlessness and benignness. If it is given a fresh and dry berth, it can be easily kept alive everywhere. It feeds on the most diverse plant substances; all parts of the plant from the roots to the leaves, seeds as well as fresh juicy plant parts are to its taste - Gopher
Gopher - Field Mouse and Wood Mouse
Field Mouse and Wood Mouse - European water vole
European water vole - European Ground Squirrel
European Ground Squirrel - Edible Dormouse and Garden Dormouse
Edible Dormouse and Garden Dormouse - Desert jumping mouse
Although these animals are numerous in the regions they inhabited, they are rarely seen here. They cannot be called shy, but they are restless and fearful and go to their burrows at the slightest, and as soon as they see a foreign object, as possible, to their burrows. - Dandelion jump mouse
Dandelion jump mouse - Brown Rat
With great probability, it can be assumed that the Brown Rat from India and Persia has come to us. - Blind mouse
The Blind mouse occurs in the south-east of Europe and in western Asia, namely. in South Russia from 50° N.B. to the Ural and caucasus, in Bessarabia, Moldova and part of Hungary and Galicia, further in Turkey, Greece and the north and west of Asia Minor. - Black Rat
When this species first appeared in Europe, it cannot be specified with certainty. Albertus Magnus is the first zoologist to mention the Black Rat as a German animal; she was thus native to this in the 13th century. - Beaver
In England, the Beaver has been wiped out for 500 years. The Beaver (Castor fiber)is one of the largest Rodents. The body length of the adult male is, without the 30 cM. longtail, 75 to 95 cM., shoulder height 30 cM., weight 20 to 30 KG. The torso is bulky, considerably thicker from behind than from the front, the back arched, the abdomen drooping, the neck short and thick, the head from behind wide, narrowing forward, with flat crown and shortening, the legs are short and very powerful, the rear slightly longer than the front; the feet have five toes; which are from the hind quarters to the claws by a wide swimming membrane. - Paca
The Capybara is widespread throughout South America; from the Orinoko to the La Plata, from the Atlantic ocean to the eastern reaches of the Andes, it inhabits low, forest-rich, swampy regions, especially rivers, multi-banks and marshes. She prefers to stop at large currents; it never leaves, unless to follow the course of small streams and watercourses flowing into this flow. In some places it is extremely frequent; in inhabited places, as light can be understood, it is rarer than in the wilderness. - Tree-porcupine
The Mexican Tree Porcupine [Cercolabes (Sphingurus) novae-hispaniae], an animal of 95 cM. total length, of which about a third must be counted for the tail, inhabits the east coast of Mexico. The shiny hairs are very dense and soft, a little frizzy and so long, that many spines are completely covered by them. The spines are also missing from the parts, with the exception of the lower neck, on the inside of the legs, on the snout and on the rear half of the tail, which is covered from above naked, from below with black, on the sides with yellow brushes. - Squirrel
The Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) is one of the few Rodents, with which man has befriended, and which he, in spite of some unpleasant qualities, gladly adopts as a roommate, even in the eyes of the poet has a graceful stature. This was already felt by the Greeks, to whom we borrowed the scientific name of the Squirrel. - Red-Rumped Agouti
The Agouti are now small or small groups united in forest-rich plains, especially in the densest forests of the river valleys; some are in the mountains up to an altitude of 2000 M. - Rat Beaver
A large part of the temperate regions of South America is the homeland of this animal important to the pelterij trade. The Rat Beavers are located in almost all countries. In the La-Plata States, in Buenos Ayres, Patagonia and the middle part of Chile, they are widespread everywhere. - Rabbit
Rabbit - Prairie dog
The name "Prairie Dog," which has gradually been given civil rights, was given to this animal by the old Canadian trappers or fur hunters, who discovered it, and whose attention was drawn mainly by the barking sound, which makes it heard. In his external appearance is nothing, which reminds the Dog. His vast abodes, which, because of their size, are called "villages", are regularly found on somewhat low-lying meadows, where an ornate grass species forms a beautiful carpet and also makes it easy for the animals to obtain food. - Porcupine
The Porcupine lives lonely. Over the day it rests in long, low corridors, which digs it itself into the ground; at night it occurs and wanders around to look for food. This consists of all kinds of vegetable substances, thistles and other herbs, roots and fruits, the bark of different trees and many types of leaves. It bites off its food with the front teeth and holds it with the forelegs, as long as it eats. - Half-breed (Buffalo-Domestic) Cow
Half-breed (Buffalo-Domestic) Cow - Half-breed (Buffalo-Domestic) Calf
Half-breed (Buffalo-Domestic) Calf - Bull Buffalo in National Museum Group
Bull Buffalo in National Museum Group - Young Half-breed (Buffalo-Domestic) Bull
Young Half-breed (Buffalo-Domestic) Bull - Scotch Colley, or Shepherds Dog
The Scotch breed, or colley, is a light and active one, probably the best adapted for those portions of our own country where there is no danger from wild animals. It is pretty extensively diffused in the United States and British America, and is very useful to the farmer, shepherd or drover. - Performing Elephant
Performing Elephant - The dog took kindly to her foster-children
A wolf had an ordinary family of eight young ones. The keepers, probably thinking that these were too many for the captive wolf to bring up alone, divided the family. Four of them were left with their mother, and four of them were placed in charge of a collie. The dog took kindly to her foster-children, and reared them successfully with her own. - Wolves hunting a deer
Wolves hunting a deer - Syrian wolf
Syrian wolf - Side striped jackel
Side striped jackel - Wolf Head
Wolf Head - Wildebeest
Wildebeest - Waterbuck
Waterbuck - Virginia Deer
Virginia Deer - Vicuña
More graceful than the Lama,is the Vicuña ( Auchenia vicugna ). Because of its size it stands between the Lama and the Paco; however, it differs from both in the much shorter and crimped wool, which excels in fineness. The crown, the top of the neck, the trunk and the upper parts of the limbs have a peculiar, reddish-yellow color (vicuña or vigogne color); the underside of the neck and the inner surface of the limbs are ocher; the 12 cm. long chest hairs and lower body are white. - Two-humped Camel
Two-humped Camel ( Camelus bactrianus ) The Two-humped Camel is bred in all the steppe countries of Central Asia, and is mainly used for the transportation of goods between China and the south of Siberia or Touran. In Bukhara and Turkenia it is gradually being replaced by the Dromedary, which takes its full place where the steppe takes on the characteristics of a desert. - Springbok
Springbok - Sasi or Indian Antelope
Sasi or Indian Antelope - Saïga
Saïga - Roe deer
Roe deer - Reindeer
Reindeer - Pronghorn
Pronghorn - Pekari
Pekari - Zebu
The oldest civilized peoples, including the Indians, had no other Domestic Cattle than the Zeboe, or moreover, a breed that differs relatively little from them, as well as the long-horned breed of ancient Egyptians. Since the Zeboe beef is nowhere near in the wild, and since no bones of this animal have been found in the ancient layers of the earth, it is obvious that the Zeboe has evolved from other forms of Cattle. - Muscian animal
Muscian animal - Muntjak
Muntjak - Mouflon
Mouflon ( Ovis musimon ), the only Wild Sheep, which inhabits Europe - the mountains of Sardinia and Corsica. It is generally believed that the Mouflon was also found in other parts of Europe in earlier times, and was also found on the Balearic Islands and in Greece, among others; however, there is no firm evidence to support this view. Today the Mouflon is still found in troops, which are said to often consist of 50 copies, but usually have far fewer members. - Moose
Moose - Moon Sheep
Moon Sheep ( Ovis tragelaphus ), has a long drooping mane which makes a very peculiar impression. The coat consists of long, shaggy bristles and fine, frizzy woolly hair, which cover the entire body. The former extend to an upright, short, reminiscent of a mane crest at the top of the neck, neck and shoulders, and develop on the front and underside of the torso into dense, almost ground-hanging manes, which begin the throat and extend along the neck and forelimbs. - Merino sheep
The most advantageous of all House sheep is nowadays considered the Merino sheep ( Ovis aries hispanica), which has acquired its characteristic peculiarities in Spain and was used successively to breed almost all European varieties. Of medium size and full-bodied, it is distinguished by its large head, which is flat on the forehead, arched along the back of the nose, and blunted at the snout; it has small eyes, large tear grooves, and moderately long, pointed ears. - Llama
The Lama , actually Llama ( Auchenia lama ), is mainly found in Peru and thrives best on the high plains. It grows a little larger than the Guanaco and is characterized by the calluses on the chest and on the front of the wrist joint. The head is narrow and short, the lips are hairy, the ears short, the soles large. The color offers great differences: there are white, black, variegated, reddish brown and white spotted, dark brown, ocher, flame red and others. The adult animal reaches a height of 2.6 to 2.8 M., measured from the sole to the crown; the shoulder height is approximately 1.2 M. - Kudu
Kudu - Hollandsch Rund
Hollandsch Rund (Bos taurus hollandicus) - Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus - Hartebeest
Hartebeest - Harrison boar
Harrison boar - Giraffe, taking something from the bottom
Giraffe, taking something from the bottom All movements of the Giraffe are strange. She presents herself at her best when she goes quietly; she then has a dignified and graceful appearance. Her gait is a slow, measured pace; both legs of one side are moved at the same time. If she wants to move faster, because of the apparent mismatch between the shoulder height and the height in the crotch (and between the height and the length of the torso) she falls into a remarkable stiff, weak and plump gallop, which however, because of the great width of each jump taken separately, it causes the animal to travel a great way in a short time. - Gems
Gems - Gaur
Gaur (Gaurus Forest) The spread area of the Gaur is very extensive. From the southern rush hour of India to the Himalaja, eastbound by Assam and Tittagong to Burma and the Malaysian Peninsula, den Gaur can be found everywhere, where verboschrich mountain or hill country, however steep. - Freiburger Beef
Freiburger Beef