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Description
The text detailing the Hellidid comes from the book 'Yarns of the southwest' and is as followed:

"The next animal we introduce has different characteristics in different localities. It is generally described as having the body like a zebra. legs like an ostrich, only four of them instead of two, and a head and tongue not greatly unlike those possessed by a South American ant eater. In spite of its head the creature is herbivorous, it's diet usually being confined to fibers of the yucca, the hair-like growth on the pincushion cactus, and other similar ropish herbage.

While naturally bashful, seemingly sensitive about it's looks, at times it develops a curiosity that would shame a blue jay.
A few summers ago, on a moonlight night, one of the species visited the camp of a hunting party in the Mogollons, where, tempted by the luxurious whiskers of a distinguished California author, who lay asleep, it bit them off so quietly its owner did not even waken.

The beast, though, seemed to try in a measure to atone for this liberty by an attention shown another member of the party. Sleeping next to the Californian was a professor from an Illinois university, whose head was as innocent of hair as a billiard ball. After swallowing the last of the whiskers the animal shyly approached the shining dome of the man of learning and thoroughly licked it with his long and rasping tongue. the professor sat up, grasping his head and swearing that he had been scalped. the pain from which he suffered subsided in a few minuets, and although several of the part saw the beast plainly, it escaped before they could get their guns.
The most peculiar thing about the occurrence was that within a month a thick covering of hair appeared upon the college man's head. Unfortunately, though it's texture resembled Yucca fiber and in color it was quite green.

The name of the animal? Pardon the omission. It is usually called the Hellidid."

Description
The text detailing the Hellidid comes from the book 'Yarns of the southwest' and is as followed:

"The next animal we introduce has different characteristics in different localities. It is generally described as having the body like a zebra. legs like an ostrich, only four of them instead of two, and a head and tongue not greatly unlike those possessed by a South American ant eater. In spite of its head the creature is herbivorous, it's diet usually being confined to fibers of the yucca, the hair-like growth on the pincushion cactus, and other similar ropish herbage.

While naturally bashful, seemingly sensitive about it's looks, at times it develops a curiosity that would shame a blue jay.
A few summers ago, on a moonlight night, one of the species visited the camp of a hunting party in the Mogollons, where, tempted by the luxurious whiskers of a distinguished California author, who lay asleep, it bit them off so quietly its owner did not even waken.

The beast, though, seemed to try in a measure to atone for this liberty by an attention shown another member of the party. Sleeping next to the Californian was a professor from an Illinois university, whose head was as innocent of hair as a billiard ball. After swallowing the last of the whiskers the animal shyly approached the shining dome of the man of learning and thoroughly licked it with his long and rasping tongue. the professor sat up, grasping his head and swearing that he had been scalped. the pain from which he suffered subsided in a few minuets, and although several of the part saw the beast plainly, it escaped before they could get their guns.
The most peculiar thing about the occurrence was that within a month a thick covering of hair appeared upon the college man's head. Unfortunately, though it's texture resembled Yucca fiber and in color it was quite green.

The name of the animal? Pardon the omission. It is usually called the Hellidid."