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The rest of the room contains some fine, if, perforce, somewhat 

 crowded, examples of the mammals of Africa. The giant sable ante- 

 lope from Angola is by far the finest specimen in the room, but the 

 hippopotamus is also a fine mount. Some of the other antelopes are 

 recently acquired, and are perfect examples of modern taxidermy. 



In a special case may be found some of the characteristic birds and 

 mammals of Madagascar. The highly characteristic lemurs, the 

 peculiar insectivores and the very anomalous pig are among them. 



Room 313 

 South American Room 



Next to the Holarctic Room, and entered also from the main hall, 

 is the space devoted to showing some of the birds and mammals, as 

 well as some of the shells and insects of the Neotropical region. The 

 beautiful set of humming birds is very complete and has been newly 

 installed to display their metallic colors to the best advantage. 

 Among the mammals, the set of camel-like animals, i. e. the llama, 

 alpaca, guanaco and vicuna, are worthy of note, as also the fine 

 Huemul deer mounted by Carl Akeley and the big jaguar by James 

 Clark. The West Indian seal is almost, if not quite, extinct, and the 

 peculiar maned wolf of Paraguay is very rare in collections. There is 

 also a small representation of some of the characteristic creatures of 

 the Antilles and the Galapagos Islands. 



Room 311 

 Indo-Asiatic Birds and Mammals 



The two tigers, one from tropical India and one from Mongolia, 

 emphasize the wide distribution of the species and show the differ- 

 ence in the geographic races or subspecies inhabiting, one a frigid, 

 and the other a torrid part of the species range. The giant Indian 

 elephant was a famous rogue killed in Mysore by W. T. Hornaday, 

 in 1884. The mount was considered a masterpiece of taxidermy 

 forty years ago ! The great gaur was killed by Hornaday in southern 

 India at the same time. The Sumatran rhinoceros is rare, as is also 

 the tiny Salvin's pig of India. The other mammals and birds are 

 some of those specially characteristic of Southeastern Asia. 



