fossil finds Mystery Cache

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retiredprof: I am 76 years old, with some health issues, and am not able to do maintenance like I used to. So, RIP little cache...

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Hidden : 10/8/2011
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is located along the Feather River about 15 miles south of Yuba City, but not at the posted coordinates. To determine the actual location of the hide, you must dig into the puzzle below. Do not park on Hwy 99, but turn east onto Sacramento Avenue and park at the gate at the end of the road. The hike to the cache is about one-half mile.

1. third largest tiger, extinct since 1970, is the _____ Tiger
2. the puma concolor couger has been extinct since the 1930s
3. remains of these mammoths were discovered in the La Brea Tar Pits (+3)
4. the onager is sometimes known as the _____ _____ (either word)
5. Scott's Horse died out in NA at the end of the last ice age (Latin name, +1)
6. much larger than a manatee or dugong; extinct since 1768 (last word)
7. subspecies of the Greater Prairie Chicken; extinct since 1932
8. largest deer that ever lived, extinct for nearly 8,000 yrs, is the Irish _____
9. flightless bird, related to pigeons and doves, lived on the island of Mauritius
10. this butterfly was last seen in SF in the 1940s (2nd word)
11. large woodpecker that lived in the southern US (-1)
12. cats of NA (Miracinonyx) during the Pleistocene epoch (2nd word, +3)
13. half zebra, half horse; extinct since 1883 (last letter)
14. large penguin aka garefowl, extinct since 1844 (2nd word, +1)
15. large type of cattle; the urus has been extinct since 1627

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

jung n qbt qbrf

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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