The Illustrated Natural History, Band 1

Africa animal appearance attack baboon bats Bear beast birds bite body brown brown Rat burrow captured Caracal chase claws colour Colugo covered curious dark Dhole domesticated ears Elephant employed escape extremely eyes feet flesh fore-feet furnished genus ground habits hair head Hedgehog herd hinder Hippopotamus horns horse hunter Hyæna inches incisors inhabitants Kangaroo killed known leap legs Lemur length Leopard limbs Lion little creature living male mammæ Mandrill manner molars monkeys muzzle Narwhal native nearly neck Newfoundland Dog nocturnal animal nose Opossum paws peculiar placed portions possessed powerful prey purpose quadrupeds Ratel remarkable resemblance rodent seems seen sharp Sheep short shoulders Shrew sight skin sometimes soon species specimens spermaceti spot Stoat substance surface tail teeth thick Tiger tint toes tree upper Water Vole Weasel Whale wild wounded young