NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 



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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 Bast 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 



