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Prairie Spotted Skunk (Spilogale interrupta Rafinesque). 
Hab., Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. 
A pair of these small skunks was purchased on Feb- 
ruary 9th; these animals are good climbers, often 
taking refuge in trees when pursued, while the 
larger skunks of the closely-related genus Mephitis 
show no climbing propensities whatever. 
Kamchatkan Brown Bear {Ursus heringiana Merriam). 
Hab., Siberia. 
A male and two females of this important species 
were received on September 27th; they were said 
to have been captured in the spring of 1911, when 
six months old, in northeastern Siberia. This is 
one of the largest of all the living bears, fully adult 
specimens attaining, it is said, a length of nine feet, 
thus rivaling in size the big brown bears of Alaska. 
Wild Guinea Pig {Cavia porcella Linnaeus). 
Hab., Brazil. 
A single specimen, one only of several pairs ordered, 
was received on May 10th. 
Prjevalsky's Horse {Equus prjevalskii Poliakoff). 
Hab., Western Mongalia. 
On April 12th a fine two-year-old stallion of this in- 
teresting species was obtained by purchase; this 
is not only the sole known living species of truly 
wild horse but is believed to be the one from which 
the domestic horse of modern times is descended. 
The first of these animals to be exhibited in Europe 
were twenty-three colts, the survivors of over 
twice as many, captured by an expedition sent to 
the desert regions of western Mongolia in 1900 
by Carl Hagenbeck, and it is these and their pro- 
geny that are now on exhibition in the principal 
zoological gardens and parks of Europe and the 
United States. 
