The Scotch Terrier is a small dog weighing from fourteen to twenty pounds, with a long head, dark eyes and upright ears. The hair is rough and coarse, and may be black, reddish, brindled or sandy. The tail is carried erect. The dogs are intelligent, gentle and active and were favored pets seventy years ago.
A ground squirrel is a squirrel in that they possess cheek pouches and retreat into burrows. They are well known in America, but species are also found in Asia and Africa.
Indian wild hogs have teeth that grow outside of their mouths.
The babirussa or babyrussa is a wild hog which inhabits Celebes and other East Indian islands. It is an active animal, with a nearly naked skin, and does not root in the ground as do other members of its family. The upper canine teeth do not grow downward, but upward, through openings in the skin of each side of the snout, and they curve backward nearly to the eyes. The natives still hunt the babirussa for its delicately flavored flesh.
A waxwing is a handsome singing bird, distinguished by its high, pointed crest, yellow band across the end of the tail and red spots on the wings, which have the appearance of sealing wax. The body plumage is reddish-brown above, yellowish underneath.
The cedar waxwing is found in nearly every part of North America, and may be seen in summer as far north as Southern Alaska. It feeds on insects and fruits, and nests in trees. The eggs are putty-colored, with black specks.
The Bohemian waxwing, a familiar bird in both eastern and western hemispheres, also migrates to high latitudes in the nesting season, traveling, like the cedars, in small flocks.
The common European wolf, was found almost everywhere in North America, also, is yellowish-gray, with a blackish band, or streak, on the fore legs.
The ears are erect and pointed.
The hair is harsh and strong, the tail straight, bushy and drooping.
The height at the shoulder is about two and a half feet.
The wolf is swift of foot and crafty, a destructive enemy to sheep and poultry.
It runs in packs, to hunt the larger quadrupeds, such as deer and elk.
In general, however, wolves are timid and stealthy. They were once plentiful in some parts of Europe and the United States. They probably ceased to exist in England about the end of the fifteenth century. The small prairie wolf or coyote, living on the American plains of the United States, is a burrowing animal.
The zebra is a wild animal of South Africa, closely related to the wild ass and the horse, and having habits similar to those of the latter. It is grayish or cream-white in color, and is conspicuously marked with dark stripes on head, legs and body.
In Africa zebra-hunting was once a popular sport. Native people once ate the flesh of zebras and used their hides for leather and as rugs. Until recent times great herds of zebras were common in Southern Africa; today the animals are rare. The zebra most frequently seen in Africa and in menageries.
The zebu, a species of ox, a native of India, whence it has spread into Persia, Arabia and Eastern Africa. It is used as a beast of burden, for plowing and hauling. The animal is remarkable for a convex forehead, short horns, large drooping ears and a fatty hump on the back. It is very gentle and docile.
For Basic Facts About The Zebu:
Zebus vary greatly in size, the smallest being no larger than a large dog, while others are the size of a large ox.
The colors vary.
The white zebu bulls are regarded as sacred among the Hindus (who call them hrahmany) and are allowed a free range.
Zebus have been imported to Jamaica and Central America for use on farms.
