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166 TEXAS NATURE OBSERVATIONS AND REMINISCENCES.
"Fro;n hIistory, and following
the Gila Ionster blaek to its origin
I find in the beg''illinl' that it be-
longed to Ithe monitor family of
,izards wh) inhabited the Nile
(.ontry in Eg'ypt. The monitor,
it is claimed. attained a length of
six feet, aind lived in and near the
lakes and rivers. IIow closely the
relationship between the Nile mon-itor a (d the desert Gila Monster is
I amt unale to state. However,
this mu(lelh is lkno)wwn, that inl the
a,'es loii since iast tile (Gila Mon-
ster was a walter repl)tile g'rowini '
in proportion to ao(lilt the size of
a full-rown alli actor, and it lived
where it is (now found. That was
eeiilturies a'go, when he desert was
a )part of tl e oeanI."The Haunts and Habits of the Texas Prairie and
Water RatThe chissel-lilke and olblong white
teeth of nr Texas prairie rat
are nicely represented in a separate
and original photo of a rat
having been caught in one of the
cactus jungles, near a ratnestaIotve the entrance holes of their
hidting-pla(es.
The bite of one such rat is ex-
ceedingly painful and it is well
kntowwn, that a rat's teeth cling to
the flesh (of a rat t(errier or any otherFACE VIEW OF TEXAS PRAIRIE RAT SHOWING THE LeN,(;, (CHISSEI.-LIKE TEETH
similar to the one seen on the
ground squirrel picture. With
these sharp teeth the prairie rats
easily gnaw and cut thick roots
in digging in their burrows, and
also all sorts of hard wood, which
these rats pile up in high moundsdog trying to kill one, and how
the dog generally howls anri twists
its head to rid itself of the rat's
implanted teeth. 'This type of ro-
dent is distributed throughout the
Texas prairie jungles, and always
with preference inside cactus thick-
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Menger, R. Texas Nature Observations and Reminiscenses, book, 1913; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143558/m1/170/?q=menger: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries.