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MAMMALS 

 Scientific name Common name Number 



Ammotragus lervia Aoudad 3 



Axis axis Axis deer 1 



Bison bison American bison 2 



Bos frontalis Gayal 1 



Canis rufus Texas red wolf 4 



Capromys pilorides Hutia 4 



Cervus elaphus Red deer 5 



Choeropsis liberiensis Pigmy hippopotamus _ 1 



Dama dama Fallow deer 2 



Equus quagga Qhapmani Chapman's zebra 1 



Felis onca Jaguar 1 



Hemitragus jemlahicus Tahr 1 



Lama glama Llama 2 



Macaca mordax Javan macaque 1 



Oryx beisa annectens Ibean beisa oryx 1 



Ovis europaeus Mouflon 1 



Sika nippon Japanese deer 2 



Taurotragus oryx Eland 1 



Anas domestica Pekin duck 3 



Anas rubripes Black or dusky mallard 9 



Branta canadensis Canada goose 5 



Larus novaehollandiae Silver gull 11 



Spheniscus demersus Jackass penguin 2 



Exchanges. — Among important specimens received in exchange 

 from various sources were : One South American lesser tiger cat, one 

 hairy armadillo, one tamarin, three smooth-clawed frogs, one pair 

 dwarf cavies, one giant anteater, and one Sumatran gibbon. 



Purchases. — Important purchases during the year were a pair of 

 Pacific otters, a pair of ring-tailed lemurs, a pair of cheetas, a pair of 

 Tasmanian devils, a red ouakari monkey, a pair of brush-tailed por- 

 cupines, two pottos, one gaboon viper, two tree vipers, one leaf toad, 

 and one giant frog (Rana goliath), the first of its kind ever exhibited 

 at the Park. 



REMOVALS 



Deaths.— The death on August 12, 1937, of "Babe," the Indian ele- 

 phant presented to the Park in May 1934 by Ringling Brothers- 

 Barnum and Bailey Circus, removed a famous animal with a record 

 of 51 years with circuses, and more than 3 years in the Zoo. Other 

 major losses included two Asiatic tapirs, one Bactrian camel, and a 

 Steller's sea lion. 



All specimens of scientific value that died during the year were sent 

 to the National Museum. 



