Note 170 — Chapter XXVII · {XI} ANIMALS OF THE PRAIRIES
Reading edition
Mr. Irving furnishes the following dimensions of a male of this species: "From the nose to the base of the tail, five feet; length of the tail, four inches; girth of the body, four feet; height, three feet eight inches," &c.—Rocky Mts., Vol. I., p. 48.—Gregg.