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Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Banta, Nathaniel Moore, 1867- Schneider, Albert, 1863- Higley, William Kerr, 1860-1908 Abbott, Gerard Alan
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: Chicago, American Audobon association
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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oles have become essen-tially diggers, wlaile the bats have become fliers. The batsthumb is still free, forming with its thumb-nail a tiny hookon the front edge of the wing, while the other four fingershave become elongated and connected with a delicate mem-brane of skin. This membrane is covered with fine down,though it is somewhat hairy near the body. The hind feethave not been greatly changed, and the five toes are ofequal length and set close together. When at rest by day,the bat usually hangs head downward, though it can assumean erect position almost as conveniently. H. B. Shinx. DUCK-BILLED PLATIPUS* We are indebted to Dr. George Bennett for the firstgood description of the Duck Mole, which was an object ofwonder to naturalists long after its discovery. The duck mole is about two feet in length, six inches ofwhich are included in the tail. The males are larger thanthe females. The legs are very small, all four feet beingfive-toed and webbed. All the toes are very strong, blunt.
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SOME STRANGE MAMMALS 177 and excellently adapted for digging. The middle toes arethe longest. The tail is flat and is broad at the end, theextremity being formed by long hairs. It is abruptly cutoff, and in the old animals is either entirely naked beneathor covered with a few coarse hairs. In young animals it isquite hairy. The adult animal has only four horny teeth inits two jaws, of which the upper front tooth is broad andflat and resembles a grinder. The fur of the duck mole consists of a coarse outer coatof a dark brown color with a silvery-white surface tinge,and a very soft, grayish inner fur, similar to that of theseal and the otter. It constructs more or less complicatedburrows in the banks of rivers. A tunnel about eighteenfeet long terminates in a large chamber, both the chamberand its approaches being strewn with dry aquatic plants.The chamber usually has two entrances, one below the sur-face of the water, and the other about twelve inches above.The duck mole likes to stay

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