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Title: The American Museum of Natural History : pictorial guide
Identifier: american00amer (find matches)
Year: 1967 (1960s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: American Museum of Natural History; Natural history museums
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: IMLS / LSTA / METRO

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SMALL NORTH AMERICAN MAMMALS Adjoining the Hall of North American Mammals is a corridor where sixteen small mammals of this continent are on display. Each animal is presented in a close-up view so that visitors can spot even the very small ones—the ermine and the red-backed vole—in the realistic vegetation. Some of the animals in the exhibit are common, such as the otter and the badger, but others are extremely rare. The black-footed ferret, shown investi- MARTEN
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gating a prairie dog hole near Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota, has al- most disappeared. The seldom seen Kaibab squirrel scampers along a tree branch on the northern rim of the Grand Canyon after a heavy October snowfall. Other animals in the exhibit are the mink, the marten, and the muskrat—all of which are valuable for their fur—the northern flying squirrel, the kit fox, the kangaroo rat, the peccary, and the arma- dillo. They are shown in habitats repre- senting thirteen states, provinces, or districts ranging from the Mackenzie District of northern Canada, where the wolverine is shown prowling for food, to the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge in Texas, the setting for the armadillo. In a scene near Steuben County, New York, a woodchuck sits by the side of the road. The plant life that surrounds the ani- mals is as interesting as the creatures themselves. The badger browses through sagebrush and mule's ear, while the otter is seen among such vegetation as Labrador tea, the pink-flowered fireweed, and the red fruits of the bunchberry and mountain holly. In other exhibits, the sparse vegetation at the edge of the Canadian tundra contrasts with a forest floor where the many varieties of plant life are shown in perfect detail. KAIBAB SQUIRREL

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