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Title: Four feet, wings, and fins
Year: 1879 (1870s)
Authors: Maskell, A. E. Anderson- Mrs
Subjects: Zoology
Publisher: Boston, D. Lothrop and Co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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of ahome. It is well that they sleep all winter, for theyare Insectivorous quadrupeds. Are hedgehogs and porcupines the same ?interrupted Frank. No, they do not resemble each other in any-thing save their spines or needles. The porcupineis larger than the hedgehog, and his spines muchlonger — indeed, they measure nearly two feet, realquills without the feathers. The hedgehog is found,originally, only in Europe and Asia, while onespecies of the porcupine is found in Canada and thenorthern part of the United States. If youll gowith me into the orchard, I will show you anotherpet that I brought here from India. Grace and the children gladly followed, andbeheld a strange looking animal covered with a stoutarmor. Mr. Dumas poked it with his cane, and itrolled itself up into a round ball, immediately. Another pin-cushion for you, Rose, laughedGrace. Its a ball all full of sharp knives, said May. Hes on the defensive now, said Capt. Dumas.Even the tiger in his fury might tread upon and 134
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Tup: Pangoijn. A FUNNY PIN-CUSHION. roll this ball about, and accomplish nothing, savev/ound himself with the ant-eaters hard scales. An ant-eater! * said Frank. I thought ant-eaters were little animals wdth sharp noses, furryhides and bushy tails. This thing looks more likea lizard. There are several species of ant-eaters. Theyall feed upon ants in the same manner, but aredifferent in construction. They are no relationto the lizards, but belong to the maimniferous ani-mals. These scales, like the quills of the porcupineand hedgehog, are movable at pleasure. Thisspecies is called the pangolin, and is a native ofIndia and Africa. Sometimes he is as many assix feet long. The armor of the pangolin is evenstronger than that of the porcupine. The arma-dillo, a native of South America, is another ant-eater clothed with scales ; but they all procure theirfood alike, all having very sharp claws with w^hichthey dig down ant-hills. Then the animal lies downand protrudes his great long tongue, w

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