THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM 



The model of a skeleton of Dinoceras, a large extinct 

 mammal of Eocene times, related to the rhinoceros, and a 

 sketch representing the restored animal appear in a case 

 beneath the window, facing a mounted specimen of the sea 

 leopard, a large antarctic seal. 



The hoofed animals, farther down on the left, are repre- 

 sented by the Rocky Mountain sheep, the Spanish ibex, a 

 fully grown llama from South America with a heavy coat of 

 hair, a specimen of Grant's zebra, the head of an Alaskan 

 caribou and a small model of the extinct Irish elk, the larg- 

 est of the deer family. A model of Tinoceras, related to the 

 elephant and rhinoceros, is also shown here. The habitat 

 groups of hoofed animals are exhibited in the Central Hall. 



Proceeding down the hall, a complete giraffe skeleton 

 occupies a position on the north wall, facing an exhibit of 

 Pribilof foxes from the islands of St. George and St. Paul 

 in Bering Sea. These animals, usually known as blue foxes, 

 change their coats to white in winter, in the northern parts 

 of their range. Specimens of both colors are exhibited, and 

 a photograph of these animals at home is shown on the 

 north wall near-by. 



A series of aquatic mammals, including dolphins, whales, 

 seals and sea elephants, the latter a species of earless seals, 

 is next exhibited, and, related to these exhibits, the skeleton 

 of a manatee or sea cow, which appears above the hoofed 

 animals in the previous case, and the skeleton of the sperm 

 whale, suspended in the center of the hall, should be exam- 

 ined. A map showing the distribution of the sperm whale 



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