The Living Animals of the World, Volume I: Mammals
NIVERSITY, OF
UNIV. OF
CALIFORNIA
Photo by Ottomar Anschiitz, Berlin.
OCELOT FROM CENTRAL AMERICA.
This is one of the most beautifully marked of all Mammals. The ornamental colouring is seldom quite the same in any two specimens.
UNIV. OF
CALIFORNIA
THE . . LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD
A POPULAR NATURAL HISTORY
AN INTERESTING DESCRIPTION OF BEASTS, BIRDS, FISHES
REPTILES, INSECTS, ETC., WITH AUTHENTIC ANECDOTES
VOL. I.
MAMMALS
BY
C. J. CORNISH, M.A., F.Z.S. (Editor.)
F. C. SELOUS
SIR HARRY JOHNSTON, G.C.M.G., K.C.B
C. H. LANE, F.Z.S.
LOUIS WAIN
W. P. PYCRAFT, A.L.S., F.Z.S.
H. A. BRYDEN
F. G. AFLALO, F.Z.S.
W. SAVILLE-KENT, F.L.S., F.Z.S.
Photo by Ottomar Anschütz, Berlin
WITH
567 ILLUSTRATIONS
(INCLUDING 13 COLOURED PLATES)
FROM PHOTOGRAPHS
LONDON: HUTCHINSON & CO., PATERNOSTER ROW
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LETTERPRESS PRINTED BY
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COLOURED-PLATES PRINTED BY
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VOL. I.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION . .
BOOK I. MAMMALS.
I. APES, MONKEYS, AND LEMURS
II. THE CAT TRIBE
III. THE FOSSA, CIVETS, AND ICHNEUMONS
IV. THE HYAENAS AND AARD-WOLF
V. THE DOG FAMILY .
VI. THE BEARS .... VII. THE SMALLER CARNIVORA
VIII. MARINE CARNIVORA : THE SEALS, SEA-
LIONS, AND WALRUS
IX. THE RODENTS, OR GNAWING ANIMALS
X. THE BATS AND INSECT-EATING
MAMMALS
XI. THE ELEPHANT, TAPIR, HYRAX, AND
RHINOCEROS
Illustrations in the Text, Vol. I.
Domestic Dogs (continued):
Great Dane — 105
Dachshund — 105
Dalmatians — 106
Newfoundland — 106
Bull-dogs — 107
Old English Sheep-dog — 108
Mastiff — 108
Deer-hound — 109
Pointer — 109
Skye Terrier — 109
Corded Poodle — 109
Pomeranian — 109
Scottish Terrier — 109
Maltese Toy Terrier — 109
Butterfly-dog — 109
Her Majesty Queen Alexandra, with Chow and Japanese Spaniels — 110
Sand-dog — 110
Pug and Pekinese Spaniel — 111
Fox-terrier — 111
Blenheim and Prince Charles Spaniels — 112
Pariah Puppies — 112
Common Brown Bear — 113
An inviting attitude — 114
Three performing Bears — 114
European Brown Bear — 115
Syrian Bear — 116
Large Russian Brown Bear — 116
American Black Bear — 117
Young Syrian Bear from the Caucasus — 118
A Brown Bear in search of insects — 119
Polar Bears — 120
Two Polar Bears and a Brown Bear — 121
Polar Bear — 122
Half-grown Polar Bears — 123
The Ice-bear’s couch — 124
Common Raccoon — 125
Raccoon — 125
Great Panda — 126
Kinkajou — 127
Young Otters — 127
Two tame Otters — 128
Sea-otter — 128
A Skunk — 129
A Badger in the water — 129
European Badger — 130
Ratel — 131
Pine-marten — 132
Polecat — 133
Himalayan Weasel — 133
Common Stoat (In summer and winter coats) — 134
Glutton — 134
Californian Sea-lions, or Eared Seals — 135
Steller’s Sea-lion — 136
Sea-lion — 137
Sea-lion — 138
Female Walrus — 139
Male Walrus — 140
Walrus and Sea-lion — 141
Grey Seal — 142
Grey Seal — 143
Harp-seal — 144
Sea-elephant — 145
Capybara — 146
Flying-squirrel — 146
Flying-squirrel — 147
Dorsal Squirrel from Central America — 148
Asiatic Chipmunks — 148
Red-footed Ground-squirrel — 149
Black Fox-squirrel — 149
Long-tailed Marmot — 150
Prairie-dogs, or Marmots — 151
American Beaver — 152
Beaver — 153
Beaver — 154
Musk-rat — 154
Gambian Pouched Rat — 155
Pocket-gopher — 156
Long-eared Jerboa — 157
Cape Jumping-hare — 157
Octodont — 158
Coypu — 158
Short-tailed Hutia — 159
Porcupine — 159
Porcupine — 160
Viscacha — 160
Chinchilla — 161
Agutis — 161
Paca, or Spotted Cavy — 162
Pacas, or Spotted Cavies — 162
Patagonian Cavy — 163
Wood-hare — 163
Wild Rabbits — 164
Australian Fruit-bat, or “Flying-fox” — 165
Australian Fruit-bats — 166
Tube-nosed Fruit-bat — 166
Pipistrelle Bat — 167
Leaf-nosed Bat — 167
Cobego — 168
Cobego — 169
Cobego asleep — 170
Three baby Hedgehogs — 170
Common Mole — 171
Golden Mole — 171
A fine Tusker — 172
A young Indian Elephant — 173
The Chief of Chiengmai’s Carriage — 174
Timber-elephants — 175
Female Indian Elephant dragging teak — 176
Indian Elephants bathing — 177
African Elephant — 178
Male African Elephant drinking — 179
Malayan Tapir — 180
Common American Tapir — 181
Hairy-eared Sumatran Rhinoceros — 182
Great Indian Rhinoceros — 183
Great Indian Rhinoceros — 184
Black African Rhinoceroses — 185
One of the same Rhinoceroses dead — 185
Rhinoceros bathing — 186
Black African Rhinoceros — 187
Sumatran Rhinoceros — 188
Mountain-zebra — 189
Grevy’s Zebra — 190
Burchell’s Zebra at home — 191
The Hon. Walter Rothschild’s team of Zebras — 192
Burchell’s Zebra, Chapman’s variety — 193
Mare and Foal of Burchell’s Zebra — 194
Burchell’s Zebra — 194
Zebras on Table Mountain — 195
Quagga — 195
Baluchi Wild Ass — 196
Male Kiang — 197
Yearling Arab Colts — 198
Arab Mare — 199
Arab Mares and Foals — 200
Percheron Horse — 201
Hackney and Foal — 201
Ladas — 202
Florizel II. — 202
Shetland Pony and Foal — 203
Champion Shire Stallion — 203
Shire Mare and Foal — 204
Welsh Pony — 204
Polo-pony — 205
Donkey — 205
Egyptian Donkeys — 206
Mules — 206
English Park-cattle — 207
English Park Bull — 208
Calf of English Park-cattle — 208
Jersey Cow — 209
Spanish Cattle — 209
Young Gaur — 210
Cow Gayal — 211
Indian Humped Bull — 212
Indian Humped Cattle — 213
Domesticated Yak — 214
American bull Bison — 215
European Bison — 216
American Bison — 217
Cape Buffalo — 218
Domesticated Indian Buffalo — 218
A pair of Anoas — 219
Young bull Musk-ox — 220
Young Barbary Sheep — 221
Siberian Argali — 222
Barbary Sheep — 223
Barbary Sheep — 223
Burhal Wild Sheep — 224
Punjab Sheep — 225
Fat-tailed Sheep — 225
Four-horned Sheep — 226
South Down Sheep — 226
Merino Rams — 227
Black-faced Mountain-sheep — 228
Leicester Ewe — 228
Cross-bred Sheep — 229
Lonk Ram — 230
Welsh Ewes — 230
Female Angora Goat — 231
Angora Ram — 231
British Goat — 232
Female Toggenburg Goat — 233
Stud Toggenburg Goat — 233
Schwartzala Goat — 234
Male Alpine Ibex — 235
Young male Alpine Ibe — 235
Nubian Goat — 236
Italian Goat — 237
Rocky Mountain Goat — 233
Himalayan Tahr and young — 233
Bubaline Hartebeest — 239
Blesbok — 240
White-tailed Gnu and Calf — 240
A cow Brindled Gnu — 241
Red-flanked Duiker — 241
Klipspringer — 242
Sing-sing Waterbuck — 243
Mountain Reedbuck — 244
Male Impala, or Palla — 244
Male Saiga Antelope — 245
Arabian Gazelle — 246
Goitred Gazelles from Mesopotamia — 247
Speke’s Gazelle — 248
Gazelles from Egypt — 248
Red-fronted Gazelle — 249
Red-fronted Gazelle (another view) — 249
Male Springbuck — 250
Sable Antelope — 251
Roan Antelope — 252
Male of Grant’s Gazelle — 252
Group of Beisa Oryx — 253
White Oryx — 254
Beisa Oryx — 254
Gerenuk — 255
Female Nilgai — 256
Addax — 256
A pair of young Prongbucks — 257
Female Goral — 253
Harnessed Antelope — 258
Male Kudu — 259
Eland — 260
Eland Cows — 261
Bull Eland — 262
The Southern Giraffe — 263
Southern Giraffe lying down — 264
Male Southern Giraffe — 265
A Giraffe grazing — 266
A Giraffe browsing — 267
Male and female Giraffes — 268
The Okapi of the Congo Forest — 269
Head of Okapi — 270
Scandinavian Reindeer — 271
Woodland Caribou — 272
Immature Scandinavian Elk — 273
Female American Elk, or Moose — 274
Park Red Deer — 275
An Asiatic Wapiti — 276
American Wapiti — 277
American Wapiti — 278
American Wapiti — 279
Altai Wapiti — 280
Manchurian Wapiti calling — 281
An Axis Hind — 282
A stag Axis, or Indian Spotted Deer — 283
A Spotted Oriental Deer — 284
A young Fallow Buck of the Brown Breed — 285
A Sambar Stag — 286
Formosan Sika Stag — 287
Javan Rusa Stag — 287
Hog-deer — 288
Young male Swamp-deer — 289
Indian Muntjac — 290
Young male Chinese Water-deer — 290
Male Siberian Rue — 291
Female Siberian Roe — 291
Siberian Roebuck — 292
Female European Roe Deer — 293
Père David’s Deer — 294
Group of Virginian Deer (two bucks, four does) — 295
A Mule-deer Fawn — 296
Virginian Deer — 297
Mule-deer Stag — 298
Young Marsh-deer — 299
Young Himalayan Musk-deer — 300
The Camel-plough, used in Algiers — 301
A White Camel — 302
Arabian Camel — 302
A Camel — 303
A string of Camels near Port Said — 303
Head of Bactrian Camel — 304
An old male Bactrian Camel — 305
Bactrian Camel — 306
Young Bactrian Camel — 306
Guanaco — 307
Llamas — 308
Llama — 309
Alpaca — 309
A Domesticated Sow and her Progeny — 310
Wild Boar — 311
Diving-pigs — 312
Javan Wild Pig — 313
Male and female Babirusa — 313
Wart-hog — 314
Ælian’s Wart-hog — 314
Head of male Wart-hog — 315
Collared Peccary — 316
A young Collared Peccary — 317
A three-year-old Hippopotamus — 318
Hippopotamus drinking — 319
Hippopotamuses bathing — 320
Baby Hippopotamus, aged six months — 321
Dental operations on a Hippopotamus — 322, 323
Female Hippopotamuses — 324
A Hippopotamus Family—father, mother, and young — 324
Hippopotamus — 325
Male and female Hippopotamuses — 326
Dugong — 327
American Manatee — 328
Narwhal — 329
Grampus, or Killer — 330
Short-beaked River-dolphin — 331
Sowerby’s Beaked Whale — 332
Common Porpoise — 333
Elliott’s Dolphin — 334
Risso’s Dolphin — 334
Bottle-nosed Dolphin — 335
Heavyside’s Dolphin — 335
Northern Two-toed Sloth — 336
Three-toed Sloth — 337
The Great Ant-eater — 338
Tamandua Ant-eater — 339
Two-toed Ant-eater — 340
Weasel-headed Armadillo — 341
Hairy-rumped Armadillo — 341
Peba Armadillo — 341
Kapplers’ Armadillo — 341
Cape Aard-vark — 342
The Great Grey Kangaroo — 343
Silver-grey Kangaroo — 344
Black-striped Wallaby — 345
Bennett’s Wallaby and the Great Grey Kangaroo — 345
Albino Red Kangaroos — 346
Tasmanian Wallaby — 347
Albino Red-bellied Wallaby — 348
Rock-wallaby — 349
Parry’s Wallaby — 350
Parry’s Wallaby — 350
Foot of Tree-kangaroo — 351
Brown Tree-kangaroo — 352
Tree-kangaroos — 353
Gaimard’s Rat-kangaroo — 354
Rat-kangaroo from New South Wales — 354
Koala, or Australian Native Bear, and Cub — 355
Koala, or Australian Native Bear — 356
Koala, or Australian Native Bear — 357
Squirrel-like Flying-phalanger of Victoria — 358
Larger Flying-phalanger — 359
Lesser Flying-phalanger — 360
Pygmy Flying-phalanger — 361
Common Grey Opossum, or Phalanger — 362
Australian Grey Opossum, or Phalanger — 363
Front view of Grey Opossum, or Phalanger — 364
Profile view of Grey Opossum, or Phalanger — 361
Ring-tailed Opossum, or Phalanger, and nest — 365
Spotted Cuscus — 366
Common Wombat — 367
Hairy-nosed Wombat — 368
Common Wombat — 369
Long-nosed Australian Bandicoot — 370
Rabbit-bandicoot — 371
Pouched Mole — 372
Under surface of Pouched Mole — 372
Tasmanian Wolf — 373
Tasmanian Wolf — 373
Tasmanian Devil — 374
Spotted Dasyures, or Australian Native Cats — 375
Brush-tailed Pouched Mouse, or Phascogale — 376
Banded Ant-eater — 377
Yapock, or Water-opossum — 378
Young Opossum (natural size) — 379
Woolly American Opossum — 380
Common or Virginian Opossum — 381
Echidna, or Ant-eating Porcupine — 382
Tasmanian Echidna, or Porcupine Ant-eater — 383
Duck-billed Platypus — 384
N.B.—The photograph of dolphins on page v was inadvertently attributed to Mr. F. G. Aflalo. The name of the photographer should have been Mr. T. Limbery, who kindly gave permission for his capital snap-shot to be reproduced in these pages
Photo by the Duchess of Bedford] [ Wobur*.
PEKIN DEER IN SUMMER DKESS.
An eiample of the white spotted type of coloration so common among herbivorous mammals.
INTRODUCTION.
welcome accorded to -- "The Living Races of Mankind," of which the present work is the natural extension, would be a practical encouragement, if such were needed, to treat of the Living Eaces of Animals in like fashion. But the interest now taken in Natural History is of a kind and calibre never previously known, and any work which presents the wonders of the Animal World in a new or clearer form may make some claim to the approval of the public. The means at the disposal of those responsible for the following pages are, by mere lapse of time, greater than those of their predecessors. Every year not only adds to the stock of knowledge of the denizens of earth and ocean, By permission o) Herr Carl ffagenbcck] [Hamburg. but increases the facilities for NEGRO BOY AND APES. An interesting picture of a Negro boy, with a young Chimpanzee (left side of figure) and presenting their forms and young Orang-utan (right side of figure). i