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The American Badger, (Taxidca amcricana), is repre- 

 sented by a fine, large and very light-colored specimen that 

 was presented by President Roosevelt. The European 

 Badger, (Meles taxus), is shown near by. 



Our collection of Rodents contains the following im- 

 portant and representative species of squirrels : 



XoiiTH American. 



Gray Squirrel Sciurns carolinensis New York. 



Black Squirrel " " Ohio. 



Fox Squirrel " hidovicianux Kansas. 



Southern Fox Squirrel " viijrr Louisiana. 



Red Squirrel " hudsonius New York. 



Eastern Chipmunk Tamias striatus 



Western Chipmunk " speciosus California. 



Parry's Spermophile Citelhis parryi Alaska. 



Thirtecn-Lined Spermophile. .Sperviophilus tridecem-lineatus . Iowa. 



Foreign Species. 



Malabar Hill Squirrel Sciurus malabaricus S. India. 



Indian Hill Squirrel " bicolor N. India. 



Prevost Squirrel " prevost i Malayana. 



Golden-Bellied Squirrel " aureogaster Mexico 



Columbia Fire-Backed Squirrel. " variabilis S. America. 



No collection of Rodents is worthy of acceptance by the 

 public without a fair representation of Porcupines. The 

 most wonderful species is the African Porcupine, (Hystrix 

 cristata), which when disturbed erects a threatening array 

 of enormously-long, shining black-and-white quills that are 

 a wonder to behold. The lofty white crest of this animal 

 is one of its most conspicuous features. 



The Indian Crestless Hill Porcupine, (H. longicaudai) , 

 usually present in our collection, is merely a quiet under- 

 study of the former. Strange to say — and also provoking 

 our old friend of the North Woods, the Canada Porcu- 

 pine, {Ercthizon dorsatus), is much more capricious and 

 difficult to keep for a long period than either of the fine 

 foreign species already mentioned. It is only the men who 

 know all about animals who can tell us why nothing seems 

 to exactly satisfy them, and why they will not breed here, 

 live ten years and be happy. Even the best cage life does 

 not seem to be good enough for them; but we are still 

 experimenting. 



In order that visitors to the Park may at all times be 

 able to see a Beaver, {Castor canadensis), and not be 

 thwarted in that desire by the very shy habits of the ani- 



