General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . frican Elephantby smaller ears, higher forehead, and archedback. It has also different teeth and a trunkwith only one finger. The Nilgai or Blue Bull Group is alsocentrally This is the largest Asiatic-antelope. It exhibits marked sexual diver- gence in color, the female and young beingreddish fawn, the male a blue gray. TheNilgai is related to the African twisted-hornantelopes like the Koodoo and Eland. The Indian Leopard differs only slightlyfrom those found in Africa. Both are forestanimals but occur i
General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . frican Elephantby smaller ears, higher forehead, and archedback. It has also different teeth and a trunkwith only one finger. The Nilgai or Blue Bull Group is alsocentrally This is the largest Asiatic-antelope. It exhibits marked sexual diver- gence in color, the female and young beingreddish fawn, the male a blue gray. TheNilgai is related to the African twisted-hornantelopes like the Koodoo and Eland. The Indian Leopard differs only slightlyfrom those found in Africa. Both are forestanimals but occur in the dry bush countryalso. They feed on deer, pig, and the largerbirds such as the peafowl that has beencaptured by the leopard in this group. The San/bar is the largest of the Indiandeer, found throughout the wooded part ofsouthern Asia. Its size makes it an importantsource of food for the larger carnivores, butit is powerful and, when brought to bay,may be dangerous. The red Wild Dog ofIndia hunts in packs, sometimes as many as C 109] **V~* >«^ I v\ ¥ R1 *5l,i W- #4S5;. .<&£
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