General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . Of special note is the skeleton of Jumbo,the largest elephant ever brought to this Icountry alive. « The fruit bats, often known as riving foxes,the largest members of the Chiroptera, and jfound only in the warmer parts of the OldWorld, are represented by a small portion ofa colony from Calapan, Philippine Islands. |Such a colony may number several thous- jands, and may be very destructive to bananas)and other fruits. The most striking object in the hall is the |life-size model of a Sulphur-bottom Whamseventy-six
General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . Of special note is the skeleton of Jumbo,the largest elephant ever brought to this Icountry alive. « The fruit bats, often known as riving foxes,the largest members of the Chiroptera, and jfound only in the warmer parts of the OldWorld, are represented by a small portion ofa colony from Calapan, Philippine Islands. |Such a colony may number several thous- jands, and may be very destructive to bananas)and other fruits. The most striking object in the hall is the |life-size model of a Sulphur-bottom Whamseventy-six feet in length. The original ofthis specimen Mas captured in Newfound-land, and the model is accurately reproducedfrom careful measurements. This species ofwhale is not only the largest of living ani-mals, but, so far as we know, the largestanimal that has ever lived. A specimen of thissize weighs from sixty to seventy tons, twiceas much as Brontosaurus. Although whalesand porpoises live in the water, they are notfishes, but mammals, as they are warm-blooded and breathe bv m
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