Popular Official Guide to the New York Zoological Park 2

Popular Official Guide to the New York Zoological Park 2

CONTENTS.

 

 

Page

Statistics of the Zoological Park 10

Officers of the Society 11

Origin 13

Means of Access 16

Admission 17

Physical Aspect of the Grounds 21

 

 

MAMMALS.

Bison Ranges 26

Mountain Sheep Hill 29

Antelope House 35

Small-Deer House 42

Miscellaneous Mammals 49

White Mountain Goat 50

Prong-Horned Antelope 51

Camel House 53

Llama House 55

North American Deer 57

Zebra House 63

Asiatic and European Deer 66

Lion House 71

Sea-Lions 78

Primate House 80

Elephant House 89

Wolf Dens 98

Fox Dens 101

Otter Pools 103

Small-Mammal House 104

Puma and Lynx House 115

Burrowing Mammals 116

Prairie-Dog Village 118

Bear Dens 119

Raccoon Tree 128

Beaver Pond 128

Economic Rodent-Reptile Collection 130

 

 

BIRDS.

Goose Aviary 133

Flying Cage 135

Aquatic-Bird House 141

Eagle and Vulture Aviary 143

Wild Turkey Enclosure 146

Large-Bird House 146

Wild Fowl Pond 153

Pheasant and Pigeon Aviary 155

Ostrich House 162

Cranes 167

 

 

REPTILES.

Reptile House 171

Turtles and Tortoises 172

Crocodiles and Alligators 175

Lizards 177

Serpents 179

Batrachians or Amphibians 182

 

 

INSECTS.

Insect Collection 185

Index 188

 

 

MAPS.

Map of Zoological Park Second page of cover

Sketch Map, New York 14

Sketch Map, Vicinity of Park 16

 

 

 

 

ILLUSTRATIONS.

 

 

PAGE

Peninsula Bear: Ivan _Frontispiece_

Baird Court and Concourse 12

The Boat House 18

Boating on Bronx Lake 20

White-Tailed Deer 24

American Bison 26

European Bison 27

White-Fronted Musk-Ox 30

Big-Horn Mountain Sheep 30

Mouflon 32

Arcal Sheep 32

Himalayan Tahr 32

Burrhel 32

Chamois 33

Markhor 33

Aoudad 33

Persian Wild Goat 33

Nilgai: Indian Antelope 36

Nubian Giraffes 38

Beatrix Antelope 40

Blessbok 40

Leucoryx Antelope 41

White-Tailed Gnu 41

Eland 42

Sable Antelope 43

Redunca Antelope 44

Sasin Antelope 46

Great Gray Kangaroo 48

Rocky Mountain Goat 49

American Prong-Horned Antelope 52

Bactrian Camel 53

Alpaca 54

Vicunia 55

American Elk 58

European Red Deer 58

Development of Antlers 61

Grant Zebra 64

Prjevalsky Horses 65

Axis Deer 68

Burmese Deer 69

Jaguar 72

Cheetah 73

Barbary Lion 74

Snow Leopard 75

Atlantic Walrus 79

Chimpanzee, “Baldy” 82

Orang-Utan 84

Humboldt Woolly Monkey 85

Japanese Red-Faced Monkey 88

Pig-Tailed Macaque 88

Slow Lemur 89

Siamang 89

Elephant House 90

Indian Elephant 92

African Elephants 93

African Two-Horned Rhinoceros 94

Indian Rhinoceros 95

Pygmy Hippopotami 96

Timber Wolf 99

Coyote: Prairie Wolf 100

Swift or Kit Fox 102

Red Fox 103

Ocelot 106

Common Genet 107

African Porcupine 111

Tamandua 112

Great Ant-Eater 113

Six-Banded Armadillo 114

Two-Toed Sloth 115

Polar Bear Den 120

Polar Bear “Silver King” 122

Syrian Bear 123

Spectacled Bear 126

European Brown Bear 127

Brazilian Tree Porcupine 131

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