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ORDERS OF MAMMALS— FLESH-EATERS 
stock. Throughout the Rocky Mountains, it is 
a dangerous enemy of the mountain sheep and 
mule deer. In the “bad-lands” of Montana I 
once saw a mule deer killed which had on its neck 
a twelve-inch scar, a torn ear, and the beam of 
are not possessed by any other animal. But no 
two Ocelots are ever marked exactly alike. 
This animal is the size of a cocker spaniel, 
and being a good climber, when in its native 
forests it spends much of its time on the lower 
one antler broken off half-way up. Apparently 
these injuries were received in an encounter 
with a Puma, and a fall over a cut bank, which 
evidently released the deer from its savage as- 
sailant. 
The young of the Puma vary in number from 
two to five, and are spotted. Living specimens 
vary in value from $30 to $75, according to age 
and size. 
At first glance the Ocelot, or Tiger-Cat , 1 
seems to be a small leopard with a pale-yellow 
body-color. Its legs are spotted, but instead 
of having spots on its body, its back and sides 
are marked with irregular stripes and bands of 
black which run lengthwise. It may be instantly 
recognized by its horizontal stripes, for the like 
1 Fe'lis pard-a'lis. See page 42. 
branches of trees, watching for prey. It feeds 
chiefly upon small quadrupeds and birds. The 
following are the dimensions of an average speci- 
men: Height, 13 inches; head and body, 30 
inches; tail, 15 inches; weight, 36 pounds. It 
is frequently taken in southern Texas — its north- 
ern limit — and its range is about the same as 
that of the jaguar. In the New York Zoological 
Park it has been kept out-doors all winter, and 
has bred and reared young very successfully. 
Like most small yellow cats, Ocelots are usually 
bad-tempered. The value of a living specimen 
is about $30. 
The Lynxes of North America form a very 
distinct group of short-tailed, heavily-furred, 
tree-climbing cats, the members of which are 
spread throughout nearly all portions of the con- 
From a photograph. 
By permission of Outdoor Life Magazine. 
PUMA, OR MOUNTAIN “ LION.” 
