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Koontz John E John.Koontz at colorado.edu
Mon Aug 11 19:30:48 UTC 2003


On Mon, 11 Aug 2003, Alan H. Hartley wrote:
> 1774 tr. LE PAGE DU PRATZ Hist. Louisiana 149
> "we find numbers of wolves, some tigers, Cat-a-mounts, (Pichous) and
> carrion-crows"

Tigers?  Would this be jaguars or ocelots?  Modern field guides list these
as barely intrusive into Texas near the mouth of the Rio Grande, though I
think this is somewhat out of date or maybe just wishful thinking.  It
does allow an author to add a couple of interesting animals to the
coverage.

JEK



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