NORTH AMERICAN MAMMALS 



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Immediately at the left of the entrance are the Grizzly and Alaska 

 Brown Bears, the latter the largest members of the family. The larger 

 groups in their order are the Virginia Deer, Timber Wolf, Beaver, Roose- 

 velt Elk, Mountain Sheep, Pronghorn Antelope and Peccary. The 

 habitat groups proper show the animals in some characteristic occu- 

 pation and, whenever possible, in a family group. The smaller groups, 



BISON COW AND CALF 



The big game of North America is described in Guide Leaflet No. 5, 

 North American Ruminants. 



mostly shown in floor cases, include a number of species "found within 

 fifty miles of New York." Among them are the Skunk and Opossum, 

 Gray Fox and Brown Bat, Weasels, summer and winter pelage; Otter 

 and Mink, Coney and Say's Chipmunk, Pack Rat and Jack Rabbit, 

 Red Fox, Woodchuck, Chipmunk and Flying Squirrel, Rabbit, Hare 

 and Red Squirrel, Coyote and Wild Cat. 



The Opossum, noted for its cunning and tenacity of life, is the sole 

 representative in the United States of the Marsupials, or pouched 

 Opossum mammals. The skunk is a useful, though much abused 

 and Skunk animal, now valuable for fur which is sold under the 

 euphonistic name of Alaska Sable. While it occasionally destroys 

 poultry and other birds, its principal food consists of injurious insects 



