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Title: Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history
Identifier: animatecreationp213331898woodj (find matches)
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889; Holder, Joseph B. (Joseph Bassett), 1824-1888; Prang, Louis, 1824-1909, lithographer; Brehm, Alfred Edmund, 1829-1884; Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. Illustrated natural history; National Zoological Park (U. S. ), former owner. DSI
Subjects: Zoology; Zoology
Publisher: New York : Selmar Hess
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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RACOONS, COAITI, ETC. ™* ffiiWF '* Preserving somewhat of the ursine' aspect and much of the ursine habits, the Racoon, or Mapacji, as it is sometimes named, is an active, spirited, and amusing animal. As it is readily tamed, although rather subject to occasional infirmity of tem- per, and is inquisitive, quaint, and lively withal, it is a great favorite with such persons as have kept it in captivity. The color of this animal is rather peculiar, and not very easy to describe. The general tint of the body and limbs is an undecided blackish gray, the gray and black predominating according to the position of the observer and the arrangement of the fur. The hairs that form the coat of the Racoon are of two kinds, the one of a soft and woolly character, lying next to the skin, and the other composed of long and rather stiff hairs that project through the wool for some distance. The woolly fur is of a uniform gray, while the longer 332

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v 2 pts. 13-33 (1898)
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  • bookyear:1898
  • bookdecade:1890
  • bookcentury:1800
  • bookauthor:Wood_J_G_John_George_1827_1889
  • bookauthor:Holder_Joseph_B_Joseph_Bassett_1824_1888
  • bookauthor:Prang_Louis_1824_1909_lithographer
  • bookauthor:Brehm_Alfred_Edmund_1829_1884
  • bookauthor:Wood_J_G_John_George_1827_1889_Illustrated_natural_history
  • bookauthor:National_Zoological_Park_U_S_former_owner_DSI
  • booksubject:Zoology
  • bookpublisher:New_York_Selmar_Hess
  • bookcontributor:Smithsonian_Libraries
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