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These cats are among the most wild and shy of animals, 
and the publicity to which they are exposed in collections is 
probably the main reason why it seems impossible to keep 
them with success. 
No. 14.—THE DEER PARK. 
The Moose (. A Ices alces), called ‘‘elk” in Europe, often 
exceeds the largest horse in height; six and a half feet at the 
shoulder being no uncommon measurement. The antlers are 
widely palmated, or flattened, and spread sometimes six feet 
from tip to tip ; specimens of enormous size are now being 
brought from Alaska. 
The range of this magnificent animal is now very limited, 
but formerly included all suitable regions in northern Eu¬ 
rope, Asia, and America. In this country they are now con¬ 
fined to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, northern Ontario, 
Maine, Idaho, Wyoming, and Alaska. 
During the season of rutting the bull moose is a savage 
and dangerous animal, and it is well to keep beyond the reach 
of the terrible blows which he deals with his sharp forehoofs. 
The animal is, however, susceptible of a considerable degree 
of domestication, the writer having recently seen one which 
had been broken to harness and trotted on the track. The 
gait of the animal is a long, swinging trot, and is very rapid. 
Numerous attempts have been made in the Garden to keep 
specimens of the Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus ), 
but in all cases the unsuitable climate and the impossibility of 
providing the proper food have proved speedily fatal. The 
animal has an extremely northern range. There are two 
well-known species, the one referred to, reaching from Maine 
and New Brunswick westward to Lake Superior, and the Bar¬ 
ren Land Caribou (R . grcenlandicus ), far to the north in 
Greenland and Arctic America. A number of other species 
of doubtful standing have been described in recent years. 
They subsist for the most part on lichens, mosses, and small 
shoots and twigs of trees. 
This is the only member of the deer family in which the 
female as well as the male has antlers. These are very irreg¬ 
ular in development, and differ much in shape; the tip and 
also the brow antler are generally palmated to some extent. 
The caribou is nearly related to the reindeer of Europe. 
