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THE CARNIVORES 



summer a redder, and in winter a grayer tint. There is, moreover, considerable in- 

 dividual variation in this respect ; but it does not appear that there is any constant 

 difference dependent upon locality. Thus individuals of a yellowish-gray and yellowish- 

 brown color are not uncommon, while much more rarely others of a brown, 

 and nearly, if not quite, black hue are sometimes met with. Others, again, may be 

 nearly white ; and it is stated that albino pumas have been found in the Alleghany 



THE PUMA. 

 (One-tenth natural size.) 



mountains and New Mexico, but Mr. True, who has done so much to advance our 

 knowledge of the species, states that this is not authenticated. Somewhat curiously 

 it does not appear that the pelage of the puma varies in the length of the fur ac- 

 cording to the temperature of the regions it inhabits, the animal being in this re- 

 spect unlike the tiger. 



