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purposes. He reports very few domestic animals have been 

 killed by them during the past five years. George H. 

 Barney of Escalante informs me that they are numerous 

 along the south and east boundary of the Escalante forest. 

 They there range just inside the forest and in the rough, 

 ledgy country to the Colorado river. J. W. Humphrey of 

 Panguitch says that they are numerous on the mountains 

 on both sides of the Sevier river valley in Garfield and 

 Kane counties. William M. Mace of St. George writes that 

 they are found in the Dixie forest, particularly in the vicin- 

 ity of the Pine valley mountains and also in the northeastern 

 part of the county. He estimates that there are from 100 

 to 150 in Washington county. E. C. Shepard of Logan esti- 

 mates that there are 50 in the Cache national forest, and 

 William M. Anderson reports a few along the rough breaks 

 adjacent to Green river. 



C. A. Mattsson of Salina says : "The large bounties that 

 have been offered for mountain lions have resulted in their 

 extermination on some of the principal ranges of the Fish 

 Lake forest. However, there are a few lions still found in 

 the ledges and rough country immediately to the north 

 and south of Salina canyon. The tracks and other indi- 

 cations also show that there are a few lions on the East 

 desert which lies just east of the Coal range. These lions 

 have done much to prevent an increase of deer." 



Of several hundred Utah cougar skins mounted by Mr. 

 F. A. Wrathall he is able to note no constant difference in 

 coloration between those taken from the southern and those 

 from the northern part of the State. The finest skins he 

 receives come, however, from the vicinity of Kanab and 

 from Tooele county. 



Habits — The names of the mountain lion are legion: 

 For instance, what is called the "panther" in Texas, the 

 "Mexican lion" in the south, the "cougar" in the middle 

 west, the "deer tiger" in Guiana, "puma" among scientists, 

 "painter" in some parts of the East, and "catamount" is 

 merely the mountain lion. Other names of the cougar are as 

 various as the works of Daedalus, a few of the more pic- 

 turesque among them, native and otherwise, being as fol- 

 lows: "Chimbiea," "lion," "yutin," "miztli," "pagi," "red 

 tiger," "American lion," "silver lion," "Brazilian cat," 

 "brown tiger," "mischipischu," "ingronga," "gauzuara." 

 "ingrongasinda," "Schunta-Haschka" and "Ihtupah^achati." 



In both size and color the cougar resembles the female 

 African lion though there is no comparison in ferocity. 

 The African lion cannot climb a- tree. 



