SECTION I.— THE MAMMALS, 



THE HOOFED ANIMALS. 



The forming of a collection which shall fairly represent 

 the hoofed aniinaLs of the world is necessarily a work of 

 j'ears. It is now (in 1907) eight years since the Zoological 

 Society entered upon this task, and during that period the 

 work of providing installations and living specimens has 

 been pursued wth unflagging industry. In no feature ol: 

 our development has the Society been more liberal than in 

 the purchase of specimens for this collection, and the gifts 

 to it have been both numerous and valuable. In our 66 

 species and 256 specimens we feel that the Order Ungulata 

 is strongly represented. On Slay 1, 1907, the summary of 

 groups stood as follows : 



SUMMARY OF THE UNGULATES. 



Deer 20 species 121 specimens 



Antelopes 16 " 27 



Wild Sheep, Ooats, etc 8 " 25 " 



Giraffes , .. . 1 " 2 



Bison, etc 3 " 46 



Camels and Cameloids 5 " 12 " 



Wild Equines 4 " 7 



Elephants o " 4 



Tapirs 1 " 2 



Rhinoceros 2 " 3 " 



Hippopotamus 1 " 1 " 



AVild Swine 2 " 3 " 



Total 66 " 256 



The arrangement of this section of the Guide Book begins 

 at the Buffalo Entrance with the Bisons, and follows the 

 ranges, corrals and buildings for Hoofed Animals, along 

 the southern and western sides of the Park, to the Axis Deer 

 Range. The Elephant House is introduced as the visitor 

 leaves Baird Court, going south. 



The large, open pastures are called "ranges," and the 

 smaller fenced enclosures are known as "corrals." The 

 fences are chiefly of hard steel wire, so strong and elastic 

 that the animals cannot break through them, 



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