Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-31


e be new mammal indeed but neither
e the Eduus Johnstoni. which it was pro-
u Tsional1y named nor horse of any
'',i%lnd or sort 1T is an absolutely new
: iype ol existing animal SO n as can
be Judged from the skists dnds TWO
skulls whtchsR {g;Qpteoss Swedish of
= nceg, MIR. *. ETikssen. commandant OF
4 the Congo Stats fort OF Moeni. has
, sent to the administrator Of British.
nj Central Africa NotsldAg ngo. expior-
. ers in' the far southern C&diiieras of
Patagonia found the recent remains of
the great ground sfoth, which was be
lieved to be extinct. But this is an
even more suggestive fact. for its now
certain that an absolutely unknown
creature, of large size. and probably
the only representative of prehis-
toric race of mammals. survives I'm
some numbers in what is now part of
the British empire. The existence of
an unknown elephant or rhinoceros. or
wild camel, in some ntrodden part of
earth would be an interesting but not
an unexpected discovery. When tho
gorilla was once more found by Du |
Chailll, three centuries after Andrew |
Battell, the sailor of Leigh had dcs-
crlDed those he had seen during his
captivity among the West African Por
tuguese, curiosity and interest CEN
tered in the size and mental charac-
/ terlstics of the giant ape. but il was
oiIy one or a known class. and gave
! no fresh view as to the limits of ami
NAL form on the globe today or hint
as to the actual color and shane of
creatures now vanished from our
planet. The new mammal does this. |
IL Is living representative of a lost {
FORM 1t may, for all we know have |
habits unlike those of any existing a
creature. Its color is strange and its a
markings unlike those of the animals t
cl To-Day inverting the usual distribu- a
tIon OF tlnts. All large existing wild O
hnimals are lighter below Than above i
N-1rly all, except the zebra and tiger o
are OF sober colors. This beast is il
painted with .gaudy hues and striped S
below and not above. Every other
creature which bears true horns has "
either two or four The giraffe alone b
mas the rudiments of three. The new il
mammal has also the rudiments of b.
Ihree morn cores. The Times gives
detailed account of the extraordinary W
coIorlhg or this prehistoric beast. # re
Is as large as a wild horse. cloven- II
footed and n ruminant. The head is m
large, the muzzle tapering. the cheeks SO
Wnite' the muzzle brown. This sug- ST
gests the coloring of one of the larger tn
AFRICAN antelopes. But the whole foro- of
mead Is scarlet-red which narrows into ce
thln black line down to the nostrils th
scarlet-painted mammal as large as
morse Is novel enough; but this is tn
carried out by general mass of dark ca
Drown, painting the ears. neck sbou1- al
iers, belly and back. This brown is so or
lhted with red as to appear almost Al
'lilnson III some lights. Proceeding it
"ith thls reconstruction, we have now I'm
brown beast, with asses ears, a scar ha
et rorehead and white cheeks. There Gu
emaln the hindquarters (the most YC
ohsplcuous part in most quadrupedsl
ma the legs. The hindquarters. and
nc hlnd-legs down to the hooks. are
trlped with purplish black white and on
ale orange. The proportions are some ms
hing IKE those of horse, and the net
utllne that of tapir 1t Is believed ent
D hVe upon leaves, which accounts for ct
. lnhaDiting the great forest and NOT agl
'N siass pIalns, which, If the new wa
east had been horse as was CON VIII
sctured' IT would certainly have done lill
% painters fancy has ever pictured the
lch beast, though the imaginary Fir
counts of zebras circulated by the a 7
ssult Iuchard in the middle of the ma
'VenteentA century credit them with era
'rseous coloring "As for the wild I
'ses, he writes, they are of all col IL
s. They have a long blue strine vii
at reaches from head to tail the pei
'uy being like that of a horse fuu dril
broad streaks, all very lively. blue the
'iloW' green, black and white" Rut tioI
en- ne did not give them a bright wei
forehead We have now found An
rVlvor OF the prehistoric beasts. and bee
no snail say what will be the nevt vot,
dltlon TO our knowledge of the stiu this
ing races of the world, man or beast he
'm this rankly overgrown, sun-beat- who
; rlVer-pervaded land? Possibly n 1t Il
W and monstrous ape. The missing had
X which present explorers hone 10 drin
d IN Java, may be found feeding IN they
same forests as this descendant of me
, sivatherium. ever