These bats, like the other members of the tribe in the United States, are fully as beneficial to the farmer as the best of our insect-eating birds and deserve equal protection in place of the general persecution from which they now suffer.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT
Kinship with sheep and antelope is reflected in the track of the goat. Its heel-pads are so large and rubber-like that the track is rarely so sharp as here shown. “Although marvelously surefooted and fearless in traversing the faces of high precipitous slopes, goats lack the springy grace and vivacity of mountain sheep and move with comparative deliberation.”
BIGHORN
The general style of a bighorn track is like that of deer, but the toes are finished off more squarely and the hollow in the outer edge of each hoof is a strong characteristic. Sometimes the tracks are in correct register. The clouts rarely show. The dung pellets are like those of the deer, but rounder. The track is that of a ewe; the ram’s is similar, but larger.
MOUNTAIN LION, OR COUGAR
The track of a mountain lion is much like that of a house cat, differing only in size. Sometimes, as in the cat, the hind foot is set exactly on the track of the front foot.