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OEDERS OF MAMMALS— FLESH-EATERS 



stock. Throughout the Rocky Mountains, it is 

 a dangerous enemy of the mountain sheep and 

 mule deer. In the "bad-lands" of Monta)ia 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 Magazine. 



FVU.K, OR MOUNT.\IN " 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 $7.5, according U) age 

 and size. 



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

 seems to be a small leopard with a pale-yellow 

 body-color. Its legs are spotted, but instead 

 of having s]>ots on its Ijody, its baclv and sides 

 are marked with irregular stri|)es and bands of 

 black which run Iriigthiri.-ic. It may be instantly 

 recogiuzed by its horizontal stripe.^, for the like 

 ' Fe'lis pard-a'tis. 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 frofiuently 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 al)()ut $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- 



