NORTH AMERICAN MAMMALS 59 
On the north, or left side of the hall, is a group of Virginia deer, a 
familiar and widely distributed species, shown in their 
summer coat. Farther on are the great brown bears of 
Alaska, the grizzly bear, a family of fur seals from the 
Pribilof Islands, and a family of Rocky Mountain goats. 
Virginia 
Deer 
THE WEASEL IN WINTER 
One of the groups representing the small mammals found within fifty miles of New York City. 
The others of the series show opossum, raccoon, red and gray foxes, skunk, mink, muskrat, woodchuck, 
rabbits and squirrels. The list includes some “‘fur-bearing”’ species; weasel fur is often used instead of 
ermine. 
In the case immediately at the left of the entrance, and in the al- 
coves, are groups of small mammals, including many found within 
fifty miles of New York City. 
One of these groups shows the opossum, the sole representative 
inthe UnitedStates of the marsupial or pouched mammals. 
Opossum With what appear to be the head and ears of a pig and 
the prehensile tail of a monkey, with a strange pouch 
for the transportation of the young, and with proverbial cunning 
and remarkable tenacity of life, the opossum is one of the quaintest 
