Appendix
Mammals of the Yellowstone Park
A list of the Species Found in the Park in 1912
By Ernest Thompson Seton
With assistance from the U. S. Biological Survey,
and Colonel L. M. Brett, in charge of the Park.
Elk or Wapiti (Cervus canadensis)
Abundant. By actual official count, and estimate of stray bands, they number at least 35,000, of which about 5,000 winter in the Park.
Mule Deer or Rocky Mt. Blacktail (Odocoileus heminus)
Common. The official census gives their number at 400, of which at least 100 winter about Fort Yellowstone.
Whitetail Deer (Odocoileus virginianus macrourus)
A few found about Gardiner, on Willow Creek, on Indian Creek, at Crevasse Mt. and in Cottonwood Basin. The official census gives their number at 100.
Moose (Alces americanus)