The Quadrupeds of North America, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

John James Audubon

9780266416647: The Quadrupeds of North America, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0266416640 ISBN 13: 9780266416647

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Head, large; jaws, capable of great expansion; incisors, large, and slightly curved inwards; ears, rather small, rounded, clothed with short hairs on the inside. Body, rather inclining to be stout, and shorter and less elegant than the cougar: at the shoulders the Jaguar is not much more raised from the earth, but it stands higher from the ground near the rump.

Feet, clothed with hair covering the retractile nails; the pads of the feet, naked; a few hairs between the toes; tail, long, and generally half elevated when walking whiskers, few, strong, and bristly.

Hair of two kinds the longest (which is only from four to five eighths of an inch in length) is the coarser the shortest is a softer and finer fur, and is not very thickly distributed.

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