THE NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK 



adjoin the llamas on the north, followed by the Elk House 

 and corrals, in a range behind which (21 on map) appears 

 a fine herd of American elk, or wapiti, except the moose 

 the largest member of the deer family and of all American 

 deer the most easily reared in captivity. 



To the right of the Elk Range, down a short hill, are the 

 Dens of the Wolves and Foxes, occupying the slope of a 

 natural ridge or rock. Here are the gray wolf, the coyote, 

 the rare Tasmanian wolf, the red fox, and the dingo or 

 wild dog, but several of the foxes have been found to thrive 

 better in the Burrowing Animals' Quarters. 



Directly north from the Wolf Dens is the Elephant 

 House, the largest animal building in the Park. This im- 

 posing structure, with a dome in the center and ornamented 

 with animal sculptures by the well-known sculptors A. 

 Phimister Proctor and Charles R. Knight, is 170 feet long 

 and 84 feet wide, and is divided lengthwise into eight huge 

 compartments, four for elephants, two for rhinoceroses and 

 two for hippopotami. At each end of the building are 

 smaller cages for tapirs and young elephants. Each in- 

 terior cage is connected with a large open-air corral where 

 the animals can exercise. 



A full-grown Indian elephant and two young African ele- 

 phants are to be seen, as well as the rare and curious Indian 

 rhinoceros, the African two-horned rhinoceros, the African 

 hippopotamus and the pygmy hippopotamus; the latter, also 

 from Africa, has never before been found in captivity. 

 The hippopotami have a large bathing tank within the 



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