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LAND MAMMALS IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE 



northern continent, and the curious, long-snouted coatis 

 (Nasua), which just enter the Sonoran region, are typically 

 Neotropical. The Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos ornatus) is the 

 only member of the family that occurs in South America and 

 is confined to the highlands of Peru and Chili, The cat family 

 is quite numerously represented ; the Jaguar {Felis onca) , which 

 ranges from Texas to Patagonia, is a large spotted cat, rivalling 



Fig. 96. — Ocelot (FeKs pardalis). — By permission of the N.Y. Zoolog. Soc. 



the Leopard in size and ferocity; the Ocelot (F. pardalis, 

 Arkansas to Paraguay) is smaller and streaked and blotched 

 rather than spotted. The pumas differ little from those 

 of North America, and there are many small cats, spotted, 

 clouded and of solid colour, but no lynxes, which are essentially 

 northern types. 



Hoofed animals are not numerously represented in South 

 America. The only existing Perissodactyla of the western 

 hemisphere are the tapirs (Tapirus) of Central and tropical 

 South America, a very remarkable contrast to the ancient 

 faunas, especially of the northern continent, as will be shown 

 in the sequel. The Artiodactyla are more varied, though very 

 scanty in comparison with those of the Old World ; even North 

 America, which has but a poor representation of these animals. 



