THE BIG GAME ANIMALS OF YELLOWSTONE 

 NATIONAL PARK* 



By Edmund Heller 



Collaborator, Roosevelt Game Naturalist, Roosevelt Wild Life 

 Forest Experiment Station, Syracuse, Nczv York. 



CONTENTS 



1. Introduction. 



2. Grizzly Bear or Silvertip. 



3. Black, Brown or Cinnamon Bear. 



4. Gray Wolf. 



5. Mountain Coyote. 



6. Cougar or Mountain Lion. 



7. Elk or Wapiti. 



8. Yellowstone Moose. 



9. Mule Deer. 



10. White-tailed Deer. 



11. Mountain Sheep or Bighorn. 



12. Bison or Buffalo. 



13. Prong-horned Antelope. 



INTRODUCTION 



One may have a preconceived idea that people who visit the 

 Yellowstone National Park center their interest on the geysers 

 that spout and play and fill them with awe by their wonderful 

 hydraulic displays. Nothing, however, is farther from the truth. 

 The summer tourist probably is most fascinated by the sight of 

 the two species of Park bears. The black or brown bear is a 

 friendly animal and a never-ending source of wonder and amuse- 

 ment; and the shy but powerful grizzly expresses in every move- 



* This is the second of a series of papers on the wild life of Yellowstone 

 National Park which has been made possible by gifts to this Memorial 

 Station from the joint friends of Theodore Roosevelt and of wild life 

 .conservation. The initial aid for this plan came from Mr. Howard H. Hays, 

 President of the Yellowstone Park Camps Company. Mr. Heller and his 

 assistant, Mrs. Hilda Hempl Heller, contributed their services ; Mrs. Corinne 

 •Roosevelt Robinson and an anonymous friend contributed funds ; and Mr. 

 Kermit Roosevelt loaned his naturalist's camera for the photographic work. 

 I gladly avail myself of this opportunity on behalf of the Roosevelt Wild 

 Life Station to thank these persons most heartily for their cooperation. (Cf. 

 also Roosevelt Wild Life Bull., Vol. i, No. i, pp. 96-99.) — The Director. 



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