NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 



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but elusive anthropoid, marked an important event in the history 

 of American zoological collections. Having been on exhibition 

 nearly five months, our gorilla has established a record for its 

 species in the New World. But two specimens had ever previ- 

 ously arrived in the United States. One, a mere infant that 

 never was exhibited, lived but three days. The second specimen, 

 which was exhibited in the Park in 1912, survived but ten days. 

 The present specimen is exceptionally fine as compared with the 

 young animals of the species that at long intervals have been 

 brought out of Africa to die en route to Europe, or soon after 

 arrival there. 



On September 1, 1914. our gorilla weighed forty and one- 

 half pounds. Her standing height was three and one-half feet 

 and the extreme spread of her arms and hands between the tips 

 of her middle fingers was four feet two and one-half inches. 

 This animal's health remained excellent until November 15. It 

 was then she showed symptoms of paralysis of arms and legs. 

 Dr. Amoss of the Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research has 

 made critical microscopic examinations, and we believe that the 

 gorilla will outgrow these indications of locomotor ataxia. She 



