MAMMALS OF Till-: SOHTII i\'.\ 



Oil the soiitli side of tlic hall arc displayed the cloven-hoofed animals 



of North America. 'I'hesc include sheep, musk ox. carii)ou, 



Antelope n i i • • c i r 



_ collared i)eccar\' and various six'cies ol deer, in one 



Group . ' • . ' 



ot the alcove cases is a jirouj) of antelope showing the 



manner in which they wander across the j)lains. 



Here too are. for the time hein^-, shown the mammals of the j)olar 

 regions, placed in the North American hall in order that the South- 

 east Pai'ilion, which once harbored them, may he used as a 

 workroom for the preparation of a group of African Elephants and 

 other mammals from the dark continent. Tliough the room is closed 

 to the public yet much of the interesting work of preparing these groups 

 may be seen from the gallery above, and later on visitors will be ad- 

 mitted on certain days. 



Here is shown a family of fur seals as it appears in one of the seal 



rookeries in the Pril)ilof Islands. During the breeding 



^ season the fur seals, from which is ol)tained the sealskin of 



commerce, congregate in their island rookeries in great 



numbers. 



Grant's caribou inhabit the barren ground of the ex- 



C b G treme western end of the Alaskan penin.sula. The t^-pe 



specimen of this species is in the Museum. 



Near by is a group of the Atlantic walrus. These huge mammals 



are relatives of the seals, inhabit the waters of the far 



north and are still fairly abundant along the shores 



of Greenland. The seal and walrus are the animals which play such an 



important part in the life of the Eskimo. From these animals come the 



principal food supply, skins for clothing, for fishing and hunting gear, 



boat covers, and harnesses for dog teams; from bones and tusks are made 



knives, bow^s, harpoons, and other hunting and cooking utensils. 



The Roosevelt elk or wapiti inhabits the Coast Range of mountains 



from British Columbia to northern Cahfornia. These 

 Roosevelt Elk • ^ r i i i ^ • ^i 



annuals, lormerly very abundant, are nearmg the verge 



of extinction through indescribable .slaughter. 



The specimens in the musk ox group were collected for the Museum 



by Admiral Peary in 1896. Musk oxen inhabit the snow- 

 Q ^ covered w^astes of the Arctic barrens, living mainly upon 



willow leaves, dug up from under the snow\ 



SOUTHEAST PAVILION 

 Being used as a workroom; see paragraph above. 



