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LAND MAMMALS IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE 



World, and an armadillo {Talu). A very isolated form is 

 the Prong-horned Antelope (Antilocapra americana) ; there 

 are several species of the typically American deer (Odocoileus) 

 which differ in important respects from those of the eastern 



Fici. 7-t. — Prong-horned Antelope (Antilocapra americana) . — By permission of the 



N.Y. Zoolog. See. 



hemisphere, and the Bison was very abundant until exterminated 

 by Man. Bison, antelope and deer also reach or extend into 

 the Boreal zone, but the former, or Wood Bison, is probably 

 a different species from the plains animal. 



The grey foxes (Urocyon), Coyote (Canis latrans), large 

 Timber Wolf {Canis occidentalis) , the Caxomistle {Bassaris- 

 cus), the Coati (Nasua), Raccoon (Procyon), Badger {Taxi- 



