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//Canis latrans// || "A //Prarie Wolf// come near the bank and Barked at us this evening, we made an attempt but could not git him, the animale barkes like a large //ferce// dog." —William Clark ||
 * **Coyote**
 * || August 12, 1804

//Puma concolor// || "the Panther which Fields killed measured seven and 1/2 feet from the nose to the extremity of the tail. it is precisely the same animal common to the western part of our country." —Meriwether Lewis ||
 * **Mountain Lion**
 * || August 3, 1805

//Lepus townsendii// || "Shields killed a //Hare// like the mountain hare of Europe, waighing 6 ¼ pounds (altho pore) his head narrow, its ears large i, e. 6 Inches long & 3 Inches Wide one half of each White, the other & out part a lead Grey from the toe of the hind foot to toe of the for foot is 2 feet 11 Inches, the hith is 1 foot 1 Inch & ¾, his tail long thick & white." —William Clark ||
 * **White-tailed Jackrabbit**
 * || September 14, 1804

//Taxidea taxus// || "Joseph Fields Killed and brought in an Anamale Called by the French //Brarow//, and by the Panies, //Cho car tooch// this Anamale Burrows in the Ground and feeds on Flesh, (Prairie Dogs) Bugs & Vigatables "his Shape and Size is like that of a Beaver, his head, mouth &c. is like a Dogs with Short Ears, his Tail and Hair like that of a Ground Hog, and longer; and lighter." —William Clark || [|http://flickr.com/photos/rainriver/415531279]
 * **Badger**
 * || July 30, 1804



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