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truly the Lynx of Canada and the subarctic North. It has 

 no spots on its body, and its pelage is of a cold pepper-and- 

 salt gray color. Its feet are large and heavily furred, and 

 it has a long, black hair-pencil on the tip of each ear. A 

 large specimen stands 18 inches high, and weighs 22 pounds. 

 The food of the American Lynxes generally consists of hares 

 and rabbits, ground birds of all kinds, and anything else 

 that can be caught and killed, except porcupine. To man 

 they are not "dangerous animals." 



The Red Lynx, Bay Lynx or Wild-Cat, as it is variously 

 called, (Lynx rufus), is the smallest of American Lynxes, 

 and also the one most generally known throughout the 

 eastern United States. It has small feet, a reddish-gray 

 coat, which frequently is spotted, and no hair pencil on the 

 tip of each ear. Until further notice, our specimens of this 

 species will be found near by, in the Small-Mammal House. 



THE BURROWING MAMMALS, AND OTHERS, No. 42. 



North America is wonderfully rich in species of gnawing 

 animals, and the end is not yet. The investigations of our 

 mammalogists are adding new species with a degree of 

 rapidity and parallelism that is fairly bewildering. 



It is the duty of the Zoological Society to do its utmost to 

 increase as much as possible the sum total of knowledge of 

 our largest Order of Mammals. Manifestly, however, it is 

 impracticable to do more than place before visitors a reason- 

 able number of well-chosen types, which shall represent as 

 many as possible of the twelve Families, and also the genera 

 most worth knowing. 



The most serious obstacle in the way of anyone who 

 attempts to exhibit collections of living rodents lies in the 

 natural propensity of so many species to keep out of sight 

 during the daytime. This is particularly true of the mem- 

 bers of the Mouse, Pocket Gopher, and Pouched Rat Families, 

 comprising about three hundred species in all. With very 

 few exceptions, the whole matter of the exhibition of collec- 

 tions of living rodents is something new, and every step is 

 an experiment. In the belief that even the most shy bur- 

 rowing animals will appreciate abundant room,, perfectly 

 natural surroundings, plenty of food, and immunity from 

 annoyance, and eventually fall into the habit of spending 

 many of the daylight hours above ground, as do prairie- 



