NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 15 
SNOW LEOPARD. 
regions the tiger grows to its greatest size, and is clothed 
with a dense coat of long and shaggy hair. In collections, 
the great northern tigers are the most highly prized. The 
Zoological Park has recently acquired from East Siberia 
two fine young specimens, born early in 1909, and all the 
year round they inhabit the great northern outdoor cage 
attached to the Lion House. It is a strange sight to see 
tigers living outdoors in winter in New York. 
The Tiger will be found upon the earth long after the 
lion has disappeared. He is a far better hider, a more skill- 
ful hunter, less given to taking foolish risks, and he does not 
advertise his presence and invite his enemies by the bom- 
bastic roaring in which the lion delights to indulge. The 
Tiger is an animal of serious mind, and he attends strictly 
to business. A lion will stalk out into the open, in broad 
day, but the Tiger sticks closely to cover until the friendly 
darkness renders it safe to roam abroad. 
Despite the density of the population of India, and the 
omnipresence of sahibs with rifles of large caliber, the Tiger 
still inhabits all India from Cape Comorin to the Himalayas, 
the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Burma, Siam, and certain 
portions of China up to the region of snows. Corean and 
Siberian Tigers are much sought after by zoological gar- 
dens, partly on account of their size, and also because they 
are so hardy they are able to live out doors all winter in 
