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Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo13amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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Restoration of the sabre-tooth tiger (Smilodon califomicus) by Erwin Christruan. ground sloth (Mylodon) is nearly submerged in the asphalt pool himself; and add if he pleases the scanty vegetation of a dry country around the margins of the asphalt spring. Two ground sloths (Mylodon), great heavy, thick-haired, clumsy, clawed beasts distantly related to the living tree sloths, but as big as a grizzly bear, have been caught in the asphalt. In spite of their struggles indicated in the disturbed and broken surface of the pool, they have sunk down until only the head and fore limb of one, and the head of the other, appear above the black asphalt. A sabre-tooth tiger (Smilodon) one of the most powerful and dan- gerous of the extinct beasts of prey has been attracted by the struggles of the hapless ground sloths, and hastened to the spot to kill and devour them. But in his eagerness, he too has been trapped and is now vainly trying to extricate his feet, already beginning to sink below the surface. Meanwhile, a fourth animal, the great extinct wolf (Cants dims) has come up. More wary, or as yet more fortunate, he has come over the solid hardened asphalt, and avoided the treacherous surface of the pool. He sees his ancient and dreaded enemy the sabre-tooth and the powerful and bulky ground sloths in difficulties where neither teeth nor claws will avail against his attack. He dare not yet spring in to attack them but leaps about on the margin of the pool in high excitement, barking out his real opinions in regard to sabre-tooth tigers, which under ordinary circumstances he would reserve to a safer margin of distance. The Smilodon, distracted for a mo- ment from his desperate attempts to free his feet from the entangling mass, 296

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