INDEX TO WILD ANIMALS OF NORTH AMERICA
(The articles and illustrations in this volume are reproduced from the November 1916, and May, 1918,
National Geographic Magazine. The first page is numbered 385, as it originally appeared
in the Magazine The following pages are numbered in sequence.)
| Text | Color illustration | Track illustration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antelope, Prong-horn | [452] | [451] | [611] |
| Armadillo, Nine-banded | [584] | [559] | .. |
| Badger | [420] | [419] | [601] |
| Bat, Big-eared desert | [603] | [567] | .. |
| Bat, Hoary | [598] | [566] | .. |
| Bat, Mexican | [599] | [567] | .. |
| Bat, Red | [596] | [566] | .. |
| Bear, Alaskan Brown (frontispiece) | [441] | .. | .. |
| Bear, Black | [437] | [439] | [608] |
| Bear, Cinnamon, or Black | [437] | [439] | .. |
| Bear, Glacier | [437] | [439] | .. |
| Bear, Grizzly | [440] | [442] | [608] |
| Bear, Polar | [436] | [438] | .. |
| Beaver, American | [441] | [443] | .. |
| Beaver, Mountain | [529] | [534] | .. |
| Beluga, or White Whale | [468] | [470] | .. |
| Bison, American, or Buffalo | [461] | [463] | .. |
| Blarina | [593] | [566] | [595] |
| Bobcat, or Bay Lynx | [409] | [411] | .. |
| Bowhead | [469] | [471] | .. |
| Buffalo, or American Bison | [461] | [463] | .. |
| Cachalot, or Sperm Whale | [472] | [471] | .. |
| Caribou, Barren Ground | [460] | [422] | [610] |
| Caribou, Peary | [460] | [422] | .. |
| Caribou, Woodland | [460] | [459] | .. |
| Cat, Common | .. | .. | [487] |
| Cat, Jaguarundi, or Eyra | [413] | [415] | .. |
| Cat, Ring-tailed | [586] | [562] | .. |
| Chipmunk, Antelope | [545] | [539] | .. |
| Chipmunk, Eastern | [549] | [542] | [580] |
| Chipmunk, Golden | [545] | [542] | .. |
| Chipmunk, Oregon | [552] | [543] | .. |
| Chipmunk, Painted | [553] | [543] | .. |
| Cony, or Little Chief Hare | [494] | [511] | .. |
| Cougar, or Mountain Lion | [412] | [414] | [605] |
| Cow, Common | .. | .. | [594] |
| Coyote, Arizona, or Mearns | [424] | [423] | .. |
| Coyote, Mearns, or Arizona | [424] | [423] | .. |
| Coyote, Plains | [424] | [423] | [599] |
| Deer, Arizona White-tailed | [457] | [458] | .. |
| Deer, Black-tailed | [456] | [455] | [611] |
| Deer, Mule | [453] | [455] | [607] |
| Deer, Virginia | [456] | [458] | .. |
| Deer, White-tailed | [456], [457] | [458] | [606] |
| Dog | .. | .. | [596], [597] |
| Elk, American | [453] | [454] | [607] |
| Eyra, or Jaguarundi Cat | [413] | [415] | .. |
| Ferret, Black-footed | [571] | [551] | .. |
| Fisher, or Pekan | [444] | [446] | .. |
| Footprints, wild folk | .. | .. | [485] |
| Fox | .. | .. | [575] |
| Fox, Alaska Red | [417] | [418] | .. |
| Fox, Arctic, or White | [425] | [426] | .. |
| Fox, Cross | [417] | [418] | .. |
| Fox, Desert | [420] | [419] | .. |
| Fox, Gray | [417] | [419] | .. |
| Fox, Pribilof Blue | [425] | [426] | .. |
| Fox, Red | [416] | [418] | .. |
| Fox, Silver | [417] | [418] | .. |
| Fox, White, or Arctic | [425] | [426] | .. |
| Goat, Bighorn | .. | .. | [604] |
| Goat, Rocky Mountain | [452] | [451] | [604] |
| Gopher, Pocket | [500] | [515] | .. |
| Hare, Arctic | [491] | [510] | .. |
| Hare, Little Chief | [494] | [511] | .. |
| Hare, Varying | [489] | [507] | [490] |
| Horse | .. | .. | [610] |
| Human footprints | .. | .. | [609] |
| Jaguar | [413] | [414] | .. |
| Kangaroo Rat | [502] | [518] | .. |
| Lemming, Banded | [503] | [519] | .. |
| Lemming, Brown | [504] | [519] | .. |
| Lion, Mountain | [412] | [414] | [605] |
| Lynx, Bay | [409] | [411] | .. |
| Lynx, Canada | [409] | [411] | [612] |
| Manati, Florida | [465] | [467] | .. |
| Marmot, American | [533] | [534] | [578] |
| Marmot, Hoary, or Whistler | [536] | [535] | .. |
| Marten, or American Sable | [576] | [555] | .. |
| Mink, American | [575] | [555] | [586], [587] |
| Mole, Oregon | [588] | [563] | .. |
| Mole, Star-nosed | [589] | [563] | .. |
| Moose | [461] | [462] | [602] |
| Mouse, Beach | [524] | [530] | .. |
| Mouse, Big-eared Rock | [525] | [531] | .. |
| Mouse Field, or Meadow | [505] | [522] | [495] |
| Mouse, Grasshopper | [520] | [527] | [570] |
| Mouse, Harvest | [517] | [527] | .. |
| Mouse, House | [529] | [531] | .. |
| Mouse, Jumping | [496] | [514] | .. |
| Mouse, Pine | [508] | [522] | .. |
| Mouse, Red-backed | [509] | [523] | .. |
| Mouse, Rufous Tree | [512] | [523] | .. |
| Mouse, Silky Pocket | [497] | [515] | .. |
| Mouse, Spiny Pocket | [498] | [515] | .. |
| Mouse, White-footed | [521] | [530] | [572] |
| Muskhog, or Peccary | [448] | [447] | .. |
| Musk-ox | [464] | [466] | [600] |
| Muskrat | [513] | [526] | [569] |
| Ocelots, or Tiger-cats | [416] | [415] | .. |
| Opossum, Virginia | [408] | [410] | [588] |
| Otter | [445] | [446] | .. |
| Otter, Sea | [432] | [434] | .. |
| Peccary, Collared | [448] | [447] | .. |
| Pekan, or Fisher | [444] | [446] | .. |
| Pig, Common | .. | .. | [571] |
| Pika, or Little Chief Hare | [494] | [511] | .. |
| Polecat, or Spilogale | .. | .. | [593] |
| Porcupine | [495] | [514] | .. |
| Prairie-dog | [536] | [538] | .. |
| Quadruped, with biped track: Common cat | .. | .. | [487] |
| Rabbit, Antelope Jack | [486] | [506] | .. |
| Rabbit, California Jack | [487] | [507] | .. |
| Rabbit, Cottontail | [492] | [510] | [492] |
| Rabbit, Jack | .. | .. | [488] |
| Rabbit, Marsh | [493] | [511] | .. |
| Rabbit, Snowshoe | [489] | [507] | [490] |
| Raccoon | [408] | [410] | [590] |
| Rat, Brown | [525] | [531] | [574] |
| Rat, Kangaroo | [502] | [518] | .. |
| Sable, American, or Marten | [576] | [555] | .. |
| Sea-elephant, Northern | [432] | [434] | .. |
| Sea-lion, Steller | [429] | [431] | .. |
| Seal, Alaska Fur | [429] | [431] | .. |
| Seal, Elephant | [432] | [434] | .. |
| Seal, Greenland | [433] | [435] | .. |
| Seal, Harbor | [433] | [435] | .. |
| Seal, Harp, or Saddle-back | [433] | [435] | .. |
| Seal, Leopard | [433] | [435] | .. |
| Seal, Ribbon | [436] | [438] | .. |
| Seal, Saddle-back | [433] | [435] | .. |
| Sheep, Dall Mountain | [449] | [450] | .. |
| Sheep, Rocky Mountain | [448] | [447] | .. |
| Sheep, Stone Mountain | [449] | [450] | .. |
| Shrew, Common | [591] | [566] | .. |
| Shrew, Short-tailed | [593] | [566] | [595] |
| Skunk, Common | [580] | [558] | [592] |
| Skunk, Hog-nosed | [582] | [559] | .. |
| Skunk, Little, or Polecat | .. | .. | [593] |
| Skunk, Little Spotted | [577] | [558] | .. |
| Squirrel, Abert | [564] | [550] | .. |
| Squirrel, California Ground | [541] | [539] | .. |
| Squirrel, Douglas | [557] | [546] | .. |
| Squirrel, Flying | [568] | [551] | .. |
| Squirrel, Fox | [561] | [547] | [581], [582] |
| Squirrel, Gray | [560] | [547] | .. |
| Squirrel, Kaibab | [564] | [550] | .. |
| Squirrel, Red | [556] | [546] | .. |
| Squirrel, Rusty Fox | [561] | [547] | [581] |
| Squirrel, Striped Ground | [540] | [538] | .. |
| Spilogale, or Polecat | .. | .. | [593] |
| Stoat, or Large Weasel | [572] | [554] | .. |
| Tiger-cats, or Ocelots | [416] | [415] | .. |
| Walrus, Pacific | [428] | [430] | .. |
| Wapiti, or American Elk | [453] | [454] | .. |
| Weasel | .. | .. | [584] |
| Weasel, Large, or Stoat | [572] | [554] | .. |
| Weasel, Least | [573] | [554] | .. |
| Whale, Greenland Right | [469] | [471] | .. |
| Whale, Killer | [468] | [470] | .. |
| Whale, Sperm, or Cachalot | [472] | [471] | .. |
| Whale, White, or Beluga | [468] | [470] | .. |
| Whistler, or Hoary Marmot | [536] | [535] | .. |
| Wildcat, Texan | .. | .. | [612] |
| Wolf, Arctic White | [421] | [422] | .. |
| Wolf, Black | .. | [423] | .. |
| Wolf, Gray, or Timber | [421] | [423] | [605] |
| Wolf, Prairie | [424] | [423] | .. |
| Wolf, Timber, or Gray | [421] | [423] | .. |
| Wolverine | [428] | [427] | [583] |
| Woodchuck, Common | [533] | [534] | [578] |
| Woodrat | [516] | [526] | .. |
From a drawing by Louis Agassiz Fuertes Copyright by the National Geographic Magazine, 1916, Gilbert H. Grosvenor, Editor
THE LARGEST CARNIVOROUS ANIMAL EXTANT
THE ALASKA BROWN BEAR
The great brown bear of the Alaska peninsula, Ursus gyas, and his cousin, Ursus middendorffi, of Kodiac Island, are the largest of all bears, as well as the largest carnivorous animals in the world. While sometimes attaining a weight of 1500 pounds, they are, as a rule, inoffensive giants, taking flight at the first sight of man. But when wounded, or surprised at close quarters, they give battle, and their enormous size, strength and activity render them terrific antagonists. The world did not know of the existence of these bears until 1898. During the spring the Alaska brown bear lives upon the salmon which come up the rivers and creeks to spawn, while in the summer and fall they eat the sedge of the lowland flats, grazing like cattle, and varying their diet with small mammals and berries which they find in the hills. The comparatively limited and easily accessible territory in which they live renders their future precarious unless reasonable means for their proper protection are continued.