ECONOMIC MAMMALOGY 



catnip, valerian, raisins, nuts, and some are fond of cooked green corn 

 and clams. 44 Not only the domestic cat but various wild species of the 

 family, such as jaguars, lynxes, etc., catch and eat fish, and the menu 

 of Felis viverrima, of India, "is made up to so large an extent of fish 

 that he is called the 'fishing cat/ " 45 



The skins of all the Felidae are valuable, especially the larger species, 

 and even the house cat skins find a ready market. According to Osborn 

 and Anthony, 191,799 wildcat skins were marketed in 191 9- 192 1. 46 

 Innis published the following estimates of the number of various kinds 

 of feline furs produced in 1923-1924 : 47 



The beautiful snow leopards live in the high Himalayas above 9000 

 feet. In one year 2000 of their skins were brought to Shanghai. 48 



FAMILY PROTELIDAE AARDWOLF OR EARTH WOLF 



Aardwolf (Pro teles cristatus) "ants, termites and other insects 

 and possibly birds' eggs form their chief food"; 1 mostly termites, not 

 true ants ; 2 includes young birds and mammals. 3 



FAMILY HYAENIDAE HYAENAS 



The hyaenas are scavengers, feeding largely upon carrion, thus doing 

 some good, but often kill their own game, and are destructive to sheep 

 and goats, killing more than they can eat. They sometimes attack 

 horses and bite them, and enter native huts to attack women and chil- 



44 Dimmock, Abnormal food of cats, Amer. Nat., xvin, 941-943, 1884. Bailey, Food 

 of cats, Amer. Nat., xvin, 1055, 1884. 



45 Gudger, Cats as fishermen, Natural History, xxv, 143-155, 1925, with an ex- 

 tensive bibliography. 



46 Osborn and Anthony, Natural History, xxn, 393, 1922. 



47 Innis, The fur trade of Canada, table opp. p. 76, 1927. 



48 Blair, In the 200, p. 18, 1929. 



1 Drake-Brockman, The mammals of Somaliland, p. 38, 1910. 

 2 Bequaert, Bull. Amer. Museum Nat. Hist., XLV, 317, 324-328, 1922. 

 8 Jennison, Natural history: animals, p. 85, 1927. 



