Show A SAVAGE MARSUPIAL an AD australian mammal that IR 10 a whole menagerie in itself the so called zebra wolf of australia is also called the ho nativo native tiger but to say it is riot cot even a cousin to zebra wolf or tiger belonging to the same family as the kangaroo the slow glow and gentle wombat and the sly old opossum all those animals that carry their babies in their pockets the eyes which are large are furnished with a membrane like tho the eyes of owl and this is called the nictitating membrane this is almost continually moving iu in the daytime as the eyes are exposed to more mora or less of suu without this membrane the amount of light admitted through the he largo large pupil would puzzle the zebra wolf the general color of the somewhat short woolly foris fur is grayish browna little inclined to yellowish wish across this ground color the black bands show up sharp and ald clear these stripes are usually I 1 11 I 1 in number dumber beginning just back of the fe fi boulders where they are narrowest and growing broader and longer back of the haunches the skins are iu in demand for lip robes and rugs which rives gives nu an added reason for hunting tile the meaders wearers wear mear ers two zebra wolves viero nero taken to tho the zoological gardens in london where they flourished nud and raised a family when they came it was thought great britain would lo bo too cold for thera them but there seems to be no reason why by they should not three even in canada as they havo have been known to live c on n the mountains or of Us tasmania mailia feet above tho the sea level where jhc re he be ground is sometimes cohered with snow tor for many weeks und and frosts aro are severe do you wonder that his name is slightly mixed the marvel is that ho is not named menagerie mena geria and done clone with it for with his doglike face and baoit wolf cars eyes likman like an owl zebra stripes s and a pouch like a kau kangaroo his big mixed pickle could answer to almost any name you might wish to call him he be becomes extinct wo we can truly say we neer hall dball tee see his big like again st louis globe democrat |