. Les animaux du monde. Brehm's de la vie des animaux ;. Les mammifères. Les écureuils-marmotte. 315 Les soins de spermophiles ne présente pas de difficultés, et elles s'accommodent bien sur le régime alimentaire le plus simple des grains et des fruits. Les marmottes. Le {ArctomyincB Les marmottes),-qui forment l'autre sous-ordre, différer de l'Écureuil par avoir piller les nids. de ce dernier. Quelques marmottes faire du mal dans les champs et jardins ; mais le tort qu'ils font est très légère. Tout en mangeant, ils prennent place à leurs hanches comme les écureuils et soulever les aliments à la bouche avec leurs pattes antérieures. Quand le fruit mûrit ils commencent à rassembler treasu

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. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. THE SQUIRRELS—MARMOT. 315 The care of Ground Squirrels presents no difficul- ties, and they thrive well on the simplest diet of grain and fruit. THE MARMOTS. The Marmots {ArctomyincB), -which form the second sub-order, differ from the Squirrels proper by having. plunder the nests of the latter. Some Marmots do harm in fields and gardens; but the mischief they do is very slight. While eating they sit on their haunches like Squirrels and lift the food to the mouth with their fore-paws. When the fruit ripens they begin to gather treasures and fill their burrows with grasses, leaves, seeds and grain. At the be- ginning of winter they bury themselves in their bur- rows and fall into a deep and uninterrupted lethargy. The voice of the Marmofs consists of a whistle or yelp, louder in some species than in others, and a kind of murmur, which, uttered softly, signifies con- tent, but otherwise is an expression of wrath. They are highly cautious, vigilant, shy and timid and many species put out special sentinels, in order to enhance the security of the band, and at the slight- est apprehension of danger these watchers hurry to their subterranean hiding places. The intelligence of the Marmots shows itself in the fact that they can be tamed to a considerable degree. The majority recognize their keeper and become very familiar, and some get to be quite obedient and docile. They are very prolific. On the average there is only one litter of young in a year, but it numbers from three to ten little ones. _ The fur of some spe- cies and the flesh of others are used; and tamed #•5 Range and Habits of the Marmots. THE BUBUNSUK. This animal, otherwise knovm as the Striped Siberian Ground Squirrel, is the Old World relative of the American Chipmunk. It lives in the woods and subsists on seeds and berries, which it conveys to its mouth in true Squirrel-fashion. (Tamias sMatus.) a clumsier, stouter body, and a short tail, and

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