EXTINCT ANIMALS 



tirely ceased to exist, owing to the fact that the 

 country over which it ranged has been taken 

 up and cultivated by white men. There are no 

 more living quaggas anywhere. This animal 

 has become extinguished in our own Hfetime. 

 Zebras (Fig. 11), however, are still common 

 enough in Africa, with their beautiful stripings 

 on the head, and on the fore as well as on the 

 hind regions of the body and legs. 



Here is an animal which, it is feared, is 

 becoming extinct — the giraffe (Fig. 12). In 

 South Africa it has become extinct already. 

 But sportsmen now seek it in Equatorial Africa. 

 It is still existing in great numbers in that region, 

 and we hope now will be properly protected 

 by Government. Two new and well-mounted 

 specimens have recently been put in the Natural 

 History Museum. The neck of the giraffe is 

 often represented as growing up from the body 

 with a graceful curve, as is seen in the neck of 

 the swan. But the true position of the neck is 

 as you see here (Fig. 12). The specimens in the 

 Natural History Museum shows this properly. 



This is a picture (Fig. 13) of a curious creature, 

 an animal known as the sea-cow, found in the 

 Aleutian Islands, between North America and 



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