ZOOLOGICA 



SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE 

 NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



VOLUME I, NUMBER 19. 



NATURAL HISTORY OF 

 THE WHALE SHARK 



RHINEODON TYPUS SMITH 



By 

 E. W. GuDGER Ph.D. 



PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY 



NORTH CAROLINA STATE NORMAL COLLEGE 



PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY 



THE ZOOLOGICAL PARK, NEW YORK 



March, 1915 



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