76 NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



COMPLETE CENSUS OF THE MAMMALS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 



January 1, 1915. 



( Osborn's Classification. ) 



Species Specimens. 



Marsupialia 8 11 



Edentata 2 4 



Carnivora 45 98 



Pinnipedia 2 5 



Rodentia 38 112 



Primates 29 71 



Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates) 60 254 



Perissodactyla (Odd-toed Ungulates)... 15 25 



Proboscidea 3 5 



Hyracoidea 1 1 



Total 203 586 



REPORT OF THE VETERINARIAN OF THE ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 

 W. Reid Blair, D. V. S. 



During the past year we had the misfortune to have two 

 severe epidemics of infectious diseases among our collections — 

 tuberculosis among the primates, and distemper among the car- 

 nivores. The tubercular infection was of a very virulent type, 

 and within a few weeks our entire collection of great apes was 

 lost. 



Since this collection of apes had become famous on account 

 of the health and longevity of its members, it may be of interest 

 to record the fact that no similar collection has lived for so long 

 a time in any other zoological garden. The following table shows 

 the length of time we have exhibited those nine orangs and chim- 

 panzees in the Zoological Park: 



Orang, Mike 6 years 9 months 



" Mimi 6 years 10 months 



" Babe 5 years 9 months 



" Louis 3 years 4 months 



" Sammy 3 years months 



Chimpanzee, Baldy ., 5 years 6 months 



" Dick 3 years 8 months 



" Betty 2 years 9 months 



" Susie 2 years 10 months 



