NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 103 
RED FOX. 
The Tasmanian Wolf, or Thylacine, (Thylacinus cyno- 
cephalus), is a very strange-looking and interesting creature, 
about the size of a pointer dog. Its color is dark yellowish 
brown, and it has a series of broad black stripes, or bands, 
running across its hind quarters and loins. The wide gape 
of its mouth reminds one of an iguana or a monitor. 
This animal, fully named above, is the largest of the car- 
nivorous marsupials of Australia, and the female possesses 
an abdominal pouch in which she earries her young, like 
a kangaroo. It is now found only in Tasmania, and it dwells 
amongst rocks, in rugged and mountainous regions. Be- 
cause of its depredations upon the sheep herds, the Thyla- 
cine has been diligently hunted and destroyed, and now 
living specimens rarely are taken. 
In the zoological gardens of Europe and America, this 
species usually is kept in heated buildings, but it has been 
ascertained by experiment that this specimen thrives best 
in the open air. Living examples in captivity are now so 
very rare it is a difficult matter to keep one constantly on 
exhibition. 
THE OTTER POOLS, No. 31. 
The American Otter, (Lutra canadensis), is unfortunate 
in being the bearer of valuable fur; and in the northern 
regions, where the cold causes the development of fur that 
