MAMMALS OF THE NORTH 



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One of the most beautiful and at the same time simplest groups in 

 Timber the Museum is that showing part of a paek of timber 



Wolf wolves following the tracks of deer. See page 60. 



A muskrat group is in course of preparation. In the meantime, this 

 species is represented by a small group across the hall. Owing to its 

 wide distribution, the rapidity with which it breeds, and 

 the growing scarcity and increasing demand for furs, the 

 muskrat has become one of the most important of fur-bearing animals 

 and its skins are sold literally by the millions. 



Muskrat 



PART OF PRONGHORN ANTELOPE GROUP 



This animal is peculiar to North America and is the only hollow-horned ruminant 

 in which the horn sheaths are shed yearly. 



The cats, wolves and foxes, and the host of small creatures like bats, 

 moles, squirrels, rats and mice, are represented by numerous character- 

 Cats, Wolves istic examples. Here are the jaguar, the largest of the 

 and Foxes American cats, the puma, the well known coyote or prairie 

 wolf and the little-known white Arctic wolf from the extreme north of 

 Greenland. Here too is the Arctic fox in its two color phases, the valuable 



