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Dasyprocta croconota prymnolopha__-— Agouti —--.--_-__~______+_-__=_--.. 1 
Dolichotis patagona_________-_-_--__- Patagonian? Cavyo=2 =. ae ee 2 
CIES HCON COLON = tee a ee Burman 22a oa See ey 4 
Hemitragus jemlahicus________---___~ ODE NG Be & CI (spill ae ie ew Oe: al 
Microtus pennsylvanicus____---_--_~- Meadows moses 42 2s ee 4 
PIAIOCU STOUT UCOUME == oe £8 ee eas Coypit == sks ach eee nee 5 
IMUESUG ROT CM ns So oe Coatimundgiy 32s ae A 5 
Neotoma floridana attwateri_________~ Round-tailed wood rat--__----__- 3 
ONCuiClis «Geol Tout == Geottroy's: cata 2 2. eee ee ys 
DOS. SOR GSR a a raphe Woolless or Barbados sheep__--_-- 1 
PP OCUONTLOUOT Sar aa eee ee Blackyraccoon!: <2). ae eae al 
TRMLAKCLOR NOT SUS ane aan a eo es Ey bridksbesr ss. tes a 6 te ee 1 
BIRDS 
Anas platyrhynchos____.__--_.----_-_ Malian dau ckeecse sou Wiehe gonna a 70 
Brand ‘CANAGENS1I3 == = 2 Canada POOSEe ae satan ae 50 
Branta canadensis occidentalis_______-~ White-cheeked goose_____________ 20 
Oairing” moschataz2—2 22222) eee Muscovy; Guck 225 22s eee 8 
Hyllacas americanaa= as 2s ee ISMETICAM COOLS See ee ee 10 
Larus novaehollandiae_______________ Silver. pull be U.. 2e6 os Sen Os ae ls ee 2 
Nycticoraz nycticorar naevius_________ Black-crowned night heron____-___ 18 
SUR L UT RT TSOVUU Ro tes es a Be ine Ring-necked dove________________ 2 
REPTILES 
Agkistrodon mokeson__-_._________._ Copperhead) (snakes ee eee 8 
Gerrhonotus coeruleus principis_______ Allizatorm lizard lS a ee a 
Natriv septemvittata_____.____________ Queen or moon snake____________ 15 
IN GETee (Sinedon= oo Ee ed Fives Banded water snake______________ 51 
NICO Ores DilOld = eee ee Brown water snake____-__________ 39 
Thamnophis: siviahs2 ==. 2 ee Midwest garter snake____________ 12 
LOSSES 
Losses include the African rhinoceros, which died after 13 years in 
the Zoo; a slow loris, after 5 years and 10 months; a mandrill, after 
18 years and 7 months; and the maned wolf, after 10 years and 6 
months. 
A scarlet ibis died after 19 years 11 months; a roseate spoonbill, 
after 9 years. 
A large reticulated python, deposited for exhibition by Clif Wilson, 
died during the winter. A cast has been made of this snake for 
permanent exhibition in the United States National Museum. When 
the dead snake was sent to the Museum, it measured 24 feet 8 inches. 
Since 8 or 10 inches of the tail was missing, this specimen was well 
over 25 feet in length, and the dead body weighed 305 pounds, 
making it one of the largest snakes ever exhibited. 
