. Popular official guide to the New York Zoological Park. New York Zoological Park. 74 POPULAR OFFICIAL BARBART LION. the survival of tlie fittest, and both by inheritance and observation he knows that a lion who needlessly exposes himself in the field captures the smallest amount of game, and attracts the greatest number of steel-tipped bullets. Although Lions vary greatly in their color, and in the length of the mane, it is conceded by naturalists that only one species exists. In the same district and under precisely similar conditions are found short-maned and long-maned individuals
. Popular official guide to the New York Zoological Park. New York Zoological Park. 74 POPULAR OFFICIAL BARBART LION. the survival of tlie fittest, and both by inheritance and observation he knows that a lion who needlessly exposes himself in the field captures the smallest amount of game, and attracts the greatest number of steel-tipped bullets. Although Lions vary greatly in their color, and in the length of the mane, it is conceded by naturalists that only one species exists. In the same district and under precisely similar conditions are found short-maned and long-maned individuals, and all sliades of color from tawny yellow to dark brown. The present geographic range of the species is from Southei-n Rhodesia to Persia and nortlnvestorn India, but in northern Egypt there is a large extent of territory which is lionless. By reason of his heavy mane and massive countenance, supported by the grandest roar that issues from throat of beast, the Lion appears to be a larger animal than lie really is. It is yet an unsettled question wliether it exceeds the tiger in length, height or weight, and it is certainly true that in point of size these two species are very evenly matched. In captivity, the Lion is reasonably contented, and under good conditions breeds readilj^ and lives a goodly numh'.;r of years. iThe Siberian Tiger.—Strange to say, the tiger ranges far to the northward of its proper home in Hindustan, even to Cprea, Manchuria and Russian Siberia. In those cold. 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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