The Dancing Mouse
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The Dancing Mouse. The Animal Behavior Series, Vol. 1. By Robert M. Yerkes. The Macmillan Company, 1907. Pp. xxi-{-290. In this book the author not only presents the results of his own investigations on the dancing mouse, but he also tries to give as complete an account of this animal as possible on the basis of the literature. The dancing mouse has received this name for its curious capacity in the execution of quick, graceful, bizarre and oft-repeated movements, which are somewhat similar to our way of dancing. These mice are frequently kept as pets and they are, as the author says, inexhaustible sources of amusement as well as invaluable material for studies in animal behavior and intelligence. The dancer did not make its appearance as an object of scientific study before 1890. Naturally considerable interest was taken in the origin of this race, because the animals by their peculiar movements are unfit for the usual conditions of mouse-existence, so that they are thrown on human care. It can not
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