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OEDEES OF MAMMALS— FLBSH-EATEES 



stock. Throughout the Eocky Mountains, it is 

 a dangerous enemy of the mountain sheep and 

 mule deer. In the "bad-lands" of Montana I 

 once saw a mule deer killed which had on its neck 

 a twelve-inch scar, a torn ear, and the beam of 



are not possessed by any other animal. But no- 

 two Ocelots are ever marked exactly alike. 



This animal is the size of a cocker spaniel, 

 and being a good climber, when in its native 

 forests it spends much of its time on the lower 



From a photograph 



By permission of Outdoor Life Magazi, 



PTJMA, OR MOUNTAIN LION. 



one antler broken off half-way up. Apparently 

 these injuries were received in an encounter 

 with a Puma, and a fall over a cut bank, which 

 evidently released the deer from its savage as- 

 sailant. 



The young of the Puma vary in number from 

 two to five, and are spotted. Living specimens 

 vary in value from $30 to $75, according to age 

 and size. 



At first glance the Ocelot, or Tiger-Cat, 1 

 seems to be a small leopard with a pale-yellow 

 body-color. Its legs are spotted, but instead 

 of having spots on its body, its back and sides 

 are marked with irregular stripes and bands of 

 black which run lengthwise. It may be instantly 

 recognized by its horizontal stripes, for the like 

 1 Fe'lis pard-a'lis. See page 42. 



branches of trees, watching for prey. It feeds 

 chiefly upon small quadrupeds and birds. The 

 following are the dimensions of an average speci- 

 men: Height, 13 inches; head and body, 30 

 inches; tail, 15 inches; weight, 36 pounds. It 

 is frequently taken in southern Texas — its north- 

 ern limit — and its range is about the same as 

 that of the jaguar. In the New York Zoological 

 Park it has been kept out-doors all winter, and 

 has bred and reared young very successfully. 

 Like most small yellow cats, Ocelots are usually 

 bad-tempered. The value of a living specimen 

 is about $30. 



The Lynxes of North America form a very 

 distinct group of short-tailed, heavily-furred, 

 tree-climbing cats, the members of which are 

 spread throughout nearly all portions of the con- 



