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Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus, Refinesque). 



This fine animal is universally known throughoul the Rocky 

 Mountain region, which constitutes its home. In Manitoba this 

 animal is called (lie "Jumping Deer/' because, when running at 

 a gallop, it makes a series of stiff-legged jumps or " bucks " of great 

 length. To anyone who sees this gait for the first time it is quite 

 astonishing. When it dashes out of a clump of stunted cedars, and 

 goes flying down the crest of a bare ridge, it bounds past in full 

 view for a quarter of a mile, reaching out with its fore-feet, but for 

 each leap its springs into the air with stiffened legs and goes bound- 

 ing forward as if the ground were an indiarubber cushion that 

 throws it upward and forward every time it touches it with its feet. 

 In reality its knees do bend a trifle just as its feet touch, to lift his 

 body upward again, while its strong hind-legs thrust it forward. 



Having now reached the end of the mammals on the left we 

 cross over to the right, and here we find a case containing a group of 



Black-tailed Deer (Odocoileus columb ianus) , 



in a snow-scene with a painted background. These specimens 

 were obtained at Englishman's River, Vancouver Island, B.C., 

 November, 1907. They range west of Cascades from Wash- 

 ington to Alaska, including all the larger islands except the Queen 

 Charlotte Group. 



White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus). 



It ranges through the southern portion of the Province, east 

 of the Cascade Mountains. 



American Panther (Felis concolor, Linn). 



Known also by the following names : — Cougar, California Lion, 

 Puma and Mountain Lion. They are common on Vancouver Island 

 and lower portion of the Mainland. 



Bank Beaver (Aplodontia rufa, Rafin). 



It ranges east of Cacsades, west along the Fraser to Chilli- 

 whack. 



Beaver (Castor fiber, Linn). 

 Range : The greater portion of the Mainland and Island. 



