. Popular official guide to the New York zoological park . Zoos. NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 75. SNOW LEOPARD. regions the tiger grows to its greatest size, and is clothed with a dense coat of long and shaggy hair. In collections, the great northern tigers are the most highly prized. The Zoological Park has recently acquired from Bast Siberia two fine young specimens, born early in 1909, and all the year round they inhabit the great northern outdoor cage attached to the Lion House. It is a strange sight to see tigers living outdoors in winter in New York. The Tiger will be found upon the earth l
. Popular official guide to the New York zoological park . Zoos. NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 75. SNOW LEOPARD. regions the tiger grows to its greatest size, and is clothed with a dense coat of long and shaggy hair. In collections, the great northern tigers are the most highly prized. The Zoological Park has recently acquired from Bast Siberia two fine young specimens, born early in 1909, and all the year round they inhabit the great northern outdoor cage attached to the Lion House. It is a strange sight to see tigers living outdoors in winter in New York. The Tiger will be found upon the earth long after the lion has disappeared. He is a far better hider, a more skill- ful hunter, less given to taking foolish risks, and he does not advertise his presence and invite his enemies by the bom- bastic roaring in which the lion delights to indulge. The Tiger is an animal of serious mind, and he attends strictly to business. A lion will stalk out into the open, in broad day, but the Tiger sticks closely to cover until the friendly darkness renders it safe to roam abroad. Despite the density of the population of India, and the omnipresence of sahibs with rifles of large caliber, the Tiger still inhabits all India from Cape Comorin to the Himalayas, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Burma, Siam, and certain portions of China up to the region of snows. Corean and Siberian Tigers are much sought after by zoological gar- dens, partly on account of their size, and also because they are so hardy they are able to live out doors all winter in. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New York Zoological Park; Hornaday, William Temple, 1854-1937; New York Zoological Society. New York : New York zoological Society
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