. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. 20 OEDERS 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 Monta)ia 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
. The American natural history; a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Natural history. 20 OEDERS 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 Monta)ia 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. From a photograph. By permission of Outdoor Life Magazine. , OR MOUNT.\IN " LION. 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 $, according U) age and size. At first glance the Ocelot, or Tiger-Cat,' seems to be a small leopard with a pale-yellow body-color. Its legs are spotted, but instead of having s]>ots on its Ijody, its baclv and sides are marked with irregular stri|)es and bands of black which run It may be instantly recogiuzed by its horizontal stripe.^, for the like ' Fe'lis pard-a'tis. 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 frofiuently 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 speci
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