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ment of dung was observed during our four weeks on the paramo. The 

 dried foot and claws of a bear killed several years previously was exhibit- 

 ed to us at the hacienda "El Severia" just below our camps. Natives 

 say the bears live almost exclusively in the forest and it is only on the 

 very rare occasions when they wander out into the cultivated clearings 

 that they have been killed. One of their favorite foods is said to be 

 obtained from some part of a smallp hardy palm which grows sparingly 

 at considerable altitudes. 



Potos flavus meridensis Thomas. Merida Kinkajou. 



A captive kinkajou was seen in Cucuta, and although the species 

 was not noted elsewhere, it is probably generally distributed. 

 Local name Cuchi-cuchi. 



Canis thous savannarum Thomas. Savanna Fox. 



Two specimens, Empalado Savannas, 30 miles east of Maracaibo, 

 Venezuela, April 8, 1911. 



Foxes or "zorros" are common from the shore of Lake Maracaibo 

 eastward. Our specimens agree very closely with the description of 

 the subspecies savannarum from the savannas of Guiana. They were 

 killed with small shot from a lookout in a tree at about nine o'clock in 

 the evening. As seen from above in rather dim moonlight against a 

 background of sandy soil and tufts of dry grass, only their black dorsal 

 streaks were visible. These appeared to glide sinuously over the ground 

 in a most uncanny manner and as I fired I could not imagine what they 

 would prove to be. 



Field measurements are, for male and female respectively: Total 

 length 870, 890; head and body 616, 597; tail vertebras 254, 293; hind 

 foot 125, 130. 



Pel is onca Linnaeus. Jaguar. 



One specimen, Maracaibo (purchased). 



Jaguars are quite common throughout the region surrounding Lake 

 Maracaibo. They are held in considerable fear by most of the native 

 hunters and though frequently killed by them it generally occurs when 

 all the circumstances favor the hunter. This is most often when el 

 tigre unexpectedly appears while the hunter is perched in a tree watching 

 for deer and a heavy charge of buckshot at short range is generally 

 effective. We noted considerable evidence of the destruction of cattle 

 by jaguars, especially in the region between Lake Maracaibo and the 



