MAMMALS or THE MHiTIl 7:i 



'V\\v l)iitT;il() uroup ,i»;ivos u typical l)it of the prairie tnivcrscd hyhiilTalo 



trails while the iiieinlx^rs of the herd r('i)r('S('ut diticrciit 

 Bison Group 1,11 n- 1 mm • • i 111 



staiii's ol «2;rowth ol the hullalo. 1 his is tlic aiiiiiial which 



formerly roanuHl in countless luunhers over the Western i)lains, hut which 



is now reduced to a few insij^nificant herds. 



In the center of the hall, too, is a «2;r()Ui) showin;^' the color i)ha.ses 



of our black hear, from which it ai)pears that in a i)art of its ran<z;e 



the hlack hear is literally a white bear. 

 Alaskan ^^^^ ^j^^, ^^^^^.^j^ ^j^^^ ^^ ^^^ j^^jj -g ^ ^.^j^. ^^^ ^j^^^ j^^^^^^ brown 



Fur Seals ' ^^^^^s of Alaska, a family of fur seals from the Prihilof 



Islands and a family of Rock}- Mountain goats. 



At the end of the hall is a group of Roosevelt elk found in the Coast 



Range from British Columbia to northern California. 



Roosevelt Elk Once abundant, they have become much reduced in 



Mountain numbers, though an effort is now being made to preserve 



Sheep them. On the opposite side of the hall are the Mountain 



sheep or bighorns. 



Near by is a group of that interesting animal, the beaver, perhaps the 



„ most important of North American mammals and one 



Beaver 



intimately connected with the early history and explora- 

 tion of this country. 



On the south side of the hall are displayed the cloven-hoofed animals 



of North America. These include sheep, musk ox, caribou, 



^ ® °P^ collared peccarv and various species of deer. In one of 



Group , V "^ n 1 1 • 1 



the cases is a group 01 antelope showmg the manner m 



which they wander across the plains. 



Here too are, for the time being, shown the mammals of the polar 



regions, placed in the North American hall in order that the Southeast 



Pavilion, which once harbored them, may be used as a workroom for the 



preparation of a group of African elephants and other mammals from 



the dark continent. 



Grant's caribou inhabits the barren ground of the 



J^^. ^ r. extreme w^estern end of the Alaskan peninsula. The type 

 Caribou Group . .... 



specimen of this series 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 



Walrus Group 



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, bows, 



harpoons, and other hunting and cooking utensils. 



