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Descriptive Zoology. 



timber wolf is larger and does considerable injury by kill- 

 ing calves and lambs. A bounty is paid for wolf scalps. 

 Wolves are little to be feared in this country. 



The hyenas are between the cats and the dogs. They 

 have heavy shoulders and fore limbs, also strong jaws and 



FIG. 165. GRIZZLY BEAR, FROM PHOTOGRAPH. 



From Recreation, by permission of G. O. Shields. 



teeth to crush bones. They are the scavengers among 

 the beasts of prey, like the vulture among the birds of 

 prey. 



Both the cats and the dogs walk on the toes, hence are 

 said to be digitigrade. 



The Bears. Bears walk on the whole flat of the foot and 

 are therefore called plantigrade. Bears are less distinctly 

 carnivorous than the above groups. They live largely on 

 berries when they can get them. They eat many insects, 



