REPORT OK THE SECRETARY. 



Ill 



others should be mentioned. An interesting specimen of Baird's tapir, 



about three months old, received from Lieut. Roger Welles, jr., l T .S. N., 

 died about twenty days after receipt. When received it was suffering 

 from indigestion, and in spite of all efforts it never recovered. Very prob- 

 ably it was taken too young from its mother. 



An old bison died from malnutrition, having been sick and feeble for 

 some time. A lioness died as a consequence of difficult parturition. Two 

 Virginia deer were killed by a savage buck, and four mule deer died from 

 some defect of nutrition. The tine zebu bull presented by Mr. Starin, in 

 1891, finally succumbed, apparently to old age. An old elk and a sea-lion 

 died from the same cause. 



Lists of the animals in the park at the close of the fiscal year and of 

 accessions from various sources are hereto appended. 



Animals in National Zoological Park June 30, 1901, 



Name 



MAMMALS. 



North American spi cu. s. 



American bison (Bison americanus) . 

 Prong-horn antelope (AntUocapra 



americana) 



Rocky Mountain sheep (Ovis cana- 



ill nsis) 



Virginia deerl Odocoili iisvirginianus) 

 Sitka deer (Odocoileus columbianus 



sitkensis | 



Mule deer i Odocoileus macrotis) 



Cuban deer (Odocoileus sp.) 



American elk (Cervus canadensis) ... 

 Woodland caribou i Rangifer caribou i 

 Newfoundland caribou (Rangifer 



nova tt rrse ) 



Moose (Alces americanus) 



Collared peccary I Tayassu angulatus) 



Ocelot i /■> lis pardalis i 



Puma ( /•> lis concolor ) 



Spotted lynx ( l/ynxrufus maculatus) . 

 Gray wolf ( Canis lupus griseo-albus) . 

 Black wolf ( Canis lupus griseo albus) 



Coyote ( ( 'anis latrans ) 



Red fox ( Vulpes pennsylvan icus) 



Arctic fox ( I 'ill in s lagopus i 



Swift fox ( ViiIjh s velox i 



Gray fox (Urocyon einereo-argenteus) 

 North American otter (Lutra hud- 



sonica) 



American badger ( Taxidea amer- 

 icana) 



Kinkajou ( Tutos caudivolvulus) 



American civet cat I Bassariscus as- 



tuta) 



Num- 

 ber. 



Name. 



mammals— continued. 



North American species — Continued, 



Gray coatimundi (Nasua narica) ... 



Raccoon i Pfocyon lotor) 



Black bear ( Ursus americanus) 



Cinnamon bear ( Ursus americanus) 



Grizzly bear ( Ursus horribUis) 



Alaskan bear ( Ursus sp.) 



Polar bear ( Thalarctos maritimus) .. 

 California sea lion i Zalophus califor- 



nianus) 



Steller's sea lion ( EumetopiassteUert) 



Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) 



Common pocket gopher (Geomys 



bursarius) 



( lalifi irnia pocket gopher ( Thomomys 



hollar) 



American beaver (( 'astorcanadi nsis) 

 Hutia-conga (Capromys pilorides) .. 



Woodchuck (Arctomys monax) 



Prairie dog ( ( ynomys Indovicianus) 



Fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) 



Gray squirrel (Sciurus cinereus) 



Mountain chipmunk ( Tamias ^/uri- 



OSUS) 



Thirteen-lined spermophile (Sper- 



mophilus iri'li riiitliiinitm) 



Kadiak ground squirrel (Spermo- 



}iliilus empt I !■'! kadiakensis) 



Beechey's ground squirrel (Spermo- 



philus grammurus beecheyi) 



Yellow-headed ground squirrel 



(Spermophilus brevicaudus) , 



Antelope chipmunk (Spermophilus 



li ucurus) 



Num- 

 ber. 



