General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History (1911) (14593749099)

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Title: General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History Sherwood, George Herbert, 1876-1937 Lucas, Frederic A. (Frederic Augustus), 1852-1929 Miner, Roy Waldo, 1875-1955
Subjects: American Museum of Natural History Natural history museums
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: IMLS / LSTA / METRO



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THE GIAN I PANDA I Ailuropoda melanoleuca).This interesting creature lives in the bamboo forests growing on the sides of the mountains of western China. Though it resembles a bear inoutward appearance, anatomical studies show that it is more closely allied to the raccoon (-rD
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HEAD OF SIBERIAN TIGER. To be shown in a group for the North Asiatic Hal Beaver. The Beaver, formerly the mostimportant of North American mammalsfrom a commercial standpoint, and one in-timatelv connected with the early historyand exploration of the continent, is repre-sented actively at work. The opening in thelodge is not natural, hut made to show theinterior. Cats, Wolves and Foxes. The cats, wolvesand foxes, and the host of small creatureslike squirrels, rats and mice, are representedby numerous characteristic examples. Hereare the Jaguar, the largest of the Americancats, the Puma, the well-known Coyote orPrairie Wolf and the little-known whiteArctic Wolf from the extreme north ofGreenland. Here too is the Arctic Fox in itstwo color phases. Timber Wolf. One of the most beautifulgroups in the Museum is that showing partof a pack of Timber Wolves following thetracks of deer. Virginia Deer. The Virginia or White-tailed Deer, found over a large part of NorthAmerica, is shown in its su