. Popular official guide to the New York Zoological Park. New York Zoological Park. NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 103. lli'-A I F("iX. The Tasmanian Wolf, or Thylacine, (Thylacinns cyno- ccphalus), is a very strange-looking and interesting creature, about the size of a pointer dog. Its color is dark yellowish brown, and it has a series of broad black stripes, or bands, running across its hind quarters and loins. The wide gape of its mouth reminds one of an iguana or a monitor. This animal, fully named above, is the largest of the car- nivorous marsupials of Australia, and the female possesses
. Popular official guide to the New York Zoological Park. New York Zoological Park. NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 103. lli'-A I F("iX. The Tasmanian Wolf, or Thylacine, (Thylacinns cyno- ccphalus), is a very strange-looking and interesting creature, about the size of a pointer dog. Its color is dark yellowish brown, and it has a series of broad black stripes, or bands, running across its hind quarters and loins. The wide gape of its mouth reminds one of an iguana or a monitor. This animal, fully named above, is the largest of the car- nivorous marsupials of Australia, and the female possesses an abdominal pouch in which she carries her young, like a kangaroo. It is now found onlj' in Tasmania, and it dwells amongst rocks, in rugged and mountainous regions. Be- cause of its depredations upon the sheep herds, the Thyla- cine has been diligently hunted and destroyed, and now living specimens rarely are taken. In the zoological gardens of Europe and America, this species usually is kept in heated buildings, but it has been ascertained by experiment that this specimen tlirives best in the open air. Living examples in captivity are now so very rare it is a difficult matter to keep one constantly on exhibition. THE OTTER POOLS, No. 31. The American Otter, {Lutra canadensis), is unfortunate in being tlie bearer of valuable fur; and in the northern regions, where the cold causes the development of fur that. 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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