98 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1947 



BIRTHS AND HATCHINGS 



MAMMALS 

 Sdentific name Common name Number 



Ammotragus lervia Aoudad 3 



Axis axis Axis deer 2 



Bihos gaurus Gaur_„ 1 



Bison bison American bison 3 



Bos iaurus British Park cattle 1 



Capromys pilorides Hutia 4 



Cebus capucinus White-throated capuchin 1 



Cercopithecua aethiops sabaeus X C.a. Hybrid green guenon X vervet 



pygerythrus. guenon 1 



Cervus canadensis American elk 1 



Cervus nippon Japanese deer 1 



Cheropsis liberiensis Pigmy hippopotamus 1 



Cynomys ludovicianus Plains prairie dog 8 



Dama dama Fallow deer 2 



Dama dama White fallow deer 2 



Dasyproda prymnolopha Agouti 1 



Felis concolor Puma 3 



Giraffa camelopardalis Nubian gira£Fe 1 



Hippopotamus amphibius Hippopotamus 1 



Lama glama gvanicoe Guanaco 1 



Odocoileus virginianus Virginia deer 2 



Ovis europaea Mouflon 1 



Periodicticus potto Potto 1 



Poephagus grunniens Yak 1 



Procyon lotor Raccoon 2 



Thalarctos mariiimus X Urstis middendorjji. Hybrid bear 2 



BIRDS 



Anas platyrhynchos Mallard duck 45 



Chenopis atrata Black swan 6 



Fulica americana American coot 4 



Gallus sp Fighting fowl 12 



Gallus gallus Red jungle fowl 8 



Pavo cristatns Peafowl 7 



TurtuT risorius Ring-necked dove 18 



REPTILES 



Agkistrodon hilineatus. Mexican moccasin 17 



Epicrates cenchris Rainbow boa 12 



Natrix sp Water snake 20 



Sceloporus undulatus Pine or fence lizard 6 



MOLLXTSKS 



Achatina achaiina Giant land snail 5 



The birth of the rainbow boas makes the third generation in the 

 Zoo, their grandparents having been brought from British Guiana 

 in 1931. 



