SORTH AMERICAN MAMMALS 



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swamp grass and roots mixed with niud. Muskrats are extensively 

 trapped for their fur and in 1913 no less than 4,500,000 were sold in 

 London. 



A group of little brown bats shows al)out a hundred of 

 these animals gathering in Wyandotte Cave, Indiana, for 

 their long winter sleep. 



Brown Bat 



BISON COW AND CALF 

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



The woodehuck or ground hog is a vegetable feeder, but does very 

 little harm to crops save clover. It hibernates for a large 

 part of the year, usually from September to April. The 



old legend saj's that the ground hog comes out of his hole on the second 

 of February, and if it is bright and he sees his shadow he 

 goes back into his hole for six weeks longer and we may 

 expect more cold weather. Other groups represent the 



varying hare and the common species of squirrels. 



In the central section of the hall is a group of moose. It represents 

 an early autumn scene in a second-gro\vi:h forest in New 

 Brunsmck, and illustrates one of the favorite feeding 



grounds of the moose. 



Woodehuck 



Hares and 

 Squirrels 



Moose Group 



