Department of Zoology 
The collections in Zoology occupy Halls 19,20, 22, 23, 24, 
25, 26, 27, the West Court and its alcoves on South Side, and 
the South Court and its alcoves on the West Side. 
West Court. 
Excepting the group of Musk Ox, this court is filled with 
groups of large mammals collected by the Museum’s East Afri- 
can Expedition, in 1896. These groups were all mounted by 
by Mr. C. E. Akeley, the chief taxidermist of the Museum. In 
the middle of the east end of this court is suspended from the 
roof of the building the skeleton of a North Atlantic Right Whale 
{BalcBYia glacialis). This skeleton has a length of 44 feet. 
In the middle of the east end is a group of Musk Ox. (For 
a description of this and other groups in the West and South 
Courts see labels in each case) . 
In the alcove at the west end of the court are three cases: 
one contains a Sea Lion and Fur Seals; one, Llamas, Alpaca 
and Vicugna; and one contains a group of Harbor Seals and 
Elephant Seal. 
Beginning at the east end of this court and extending along 
the north side is a row of large cases, the contents of which 
are as follows: 
A group of Cheetah, or Hunting Leopard, Somaliland, East 
Africa. 
A group of Dibatag, East Africa. 
A group of Beisa Antelope, East Africa. 
A group of Zebra, Transvaal, S. Africa. 
A group of Swayne’s Hartbeest, East Africa. 
A group of Orang-utans, Borneo. 
A group of Striped Hyena, East Africa. 
The case at the west end of the court contains a group of 
the Big Koodoo, East Africa. 
Following from the west to the east end on the south side 
