318 DISEASE IN WILD MAMMALS AND BIRDS 
Table 15 
Showing Weights of Animals, of Their Thyroid Bodies and the Relation of These 
WeigfUs Per Kilogram. 
Grams of Body 
Grams of 
Thyroid 
Grams of 
Thyroid per 
Kilo of Body 
Primates : 
^ Woolly Monkey 
" Lagothrix lagotricha 
Carnivora: 
Wild Cat 
Felis ruffus 
Silver Fox 
Canis chama 
Kamchatkan Bear 
Ursus beringiana 
Lynx 
Felis canadensis 
Jaguar 
Felis onca 
Rodentia: 
Ground Squirrel 
Xenis capensis 
Ungulata: 
Zebra 
Equus burchelli 
Giraffe 
Giraffa camelopardalis 
Barasingha Deer 
Cervus duvanceli 
Kashmir Deer 
Cervus cashmirianus 
Urial. .•:.... 
Ovis vignei 
Marsupialia: 
Kangaroo 
Macropus robustus (?) 
Tasmanian Devil 
Sarcophilus ursinus 
Wombat 
Phascolomvs mitchelli 
WaUaby....'. 
Genus and species (?) 
Edentata: 
Anteater 
Myrmecophaga tetradactyla 
Accipitres : 
Wedgetailed Eagle 
Aquila audax 
Struthiones: 
Rhea 
Rhea americana 
Emu . . . . 
Dromseus novae-hoUandiae 
2,370 
8,180 
2. 
3,325 
4. 
31,800 
22 
9,500 
1 
29,500 
16 
550 
340,000 
384,000 
56,800 
56,800 
22,700 
18,000 
3,120 
26,000 
3,360 
3,300 
2,300 
18,000 
36,300 
64. 
45. 
8. 
20. 
2.5 
10. 
4. 
7. 
3. 
2. 
1. 
5. 
23. 
.84 
.24 
1.2 
.63 
.1 
.54 
3.6 
.19 
.12 
.14 
.35 
.11 
.55 
.13 
.27 
.9 
.6 
.43 
.27 
.63 
kilogram value for a few of his examples since the body 
weights are not given in all. Using 2.2 pounds as equal to 
