THE NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK 



ocelot, the African serval, the civet-cat, jackals, raccoons 

 and various wild dogs and foxes. Interesting rodents are 

 the South American capybara, largest of all living rodents, 

 and the brilliant Malabar squirrel. Among the mammals 

 are the Australian wombat and the opossum ; and the eden- 

 tates, or toothless mammals, make a good showing with the 

 giant anteater, the curious banded armadillos and the 

 sloths; perhaps the most interesting creature, the Echidna, 

 or spiny anteater, belongs to the remarkable order of egg- 

 laying mammals. This house contains about 200 cages, of 

 varied type and size according to the occupant, but all with 

 open-air yards attached. 



Porcupines, badgers, the South American agouti and 

 coati-mundi, tropical squirrels and rodents, and the young 

 of many species such as bears and leopards, which require 

 small quarters and special care, are to be found in this 

 building, a good time to visit which is 1 p.m., when its 

 inhabitants are fed. Each label bears a color band, a dif- 

 ferent color for each order of mammals, and a large key- 

 label at each end of the hall makes classification into orders 

 easy. 



Connected by a central pavilion with the Small Mammal 

 House is the Ostrich House, devoted for the most part to 

 the large running birds, such as the ostriches, rheas, emus 

 and cassowaries. The emus, however, now occupy a range 

 and house adjoining the yaks, near which in the summer 

 time the North African ostrich and certain of the cranes 

 have ranges and quarters. 



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