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CHAPTER V. 



MAMMALS. 



Keiiilv tifly well (h-fiiicd species, and a iiiiiiil)i*r (if 

 subspecies, va.i'ielies or races of four-fooled wild ani- 

 mals are found in Pennsylvania. The Bison or Jiuftali; 

 has lonj;- since been exteiniinated; the last Aniencan 

 KIk or ^Va}>iti was taken about thirty-five years ago in 

 VAk county, and the Beaver, a valuable and harmless 

 fur-bearing animal, is also extirpated. There seems 

 to be little room for doubt that the North American 

 \Volf, the Canada Lynx, or "Loup Cervier," as it is 

 railed by the French Canadians^ and the Panther are 

 no longer t€ be found in this State. 



"NEW FACES WILL MEET US." 



Future investigations of our modern naturalists, 

 some of whom delight to discover and name new 

 ''races," will, no doubt, if instituted with proper indus- 

 try, materially augment the number given above. A 

 Sealtaken two years ago in the Delaware river at Ches- 

 ter City, Delaware cO'unty,W'as an accidental straggler. 

 Two Leopards, a Tiger, several ^Volves, Coyotes, 

 Praine Dogs, a Badger, and Hares, w^liich have been 

 captured, according to different i'e])orts received dur- 

 ing the past four or five years, were, of course, escai>ed 

 captives, and they cannot properly be included in the 

 mammali;!!! fauna of Pennsvlvania, 



