Life History of the Kangaroo Rat

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Author

Taylor, Walter P. (Walter Penn), 1888-1972

Credits

Produced by David Starner, Sigal Alon and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

QL: Science: Zoology

Subject

Kangaroo rats

Category

Text

eBook-No.

17966

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17966

Release Date

March 11, 2006

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.BULLETIN No. 1091 — LIFE HISTORY OF THE KANGAROO RAT
3. 3.WALTER P. TAYLOR, Assistant Biologist Bureau of Biological Survey, U. S. Department of Agriculture
4. 4.CONTENTS — WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1922
5. 5.UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE — BULLETIN No. 1091
6. 6.LIFE HISTORY OF THE KANGAROO RAT, — Dipodomys spectabilis spectabilis Merriam. — By Charles T. Vorhies , Entomologist, Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Arizona ; and Walter P. Taylor , Assistant Biologist, Bureau of Biological Survey, U. S. Department of Agriculture .
7. 7.CONTENTS.
8. 8.IMPORTANCE OF RODENT GROUPS. — INVESTIGATIONAL METHODS.
9. 9.IDENTIFICATION.
10. 10.DESCRIPTION. — GENERAL CHARACTERS. — COLOR. — OIL GLAND. — MEASUREMENTS AND WEIGHTS.
11. 11.OCCURRENCE. — GENERAL DISTRIBUTION. — HABITAT.
12. 12.HABITS. — EVIDENCE OF PRESENCE. — Mounds. — Runways and Tracks. — Signals . — Voice. — DAILY AND SEASONAL ACTIVITY. — PUGNACITY AND SOCIABILITY. — SENSE DEVELOPMENTS. — MOVEMENTS AND ATTITUDES. — STORING HABITS. — BREEDING HABITS.
13. 13.FOOD AND STORAGE. — Den 1. — Den 2. — Den 4. — Den 6. — Den 11. — Den 14. — Den 16. — Den 19. — Den 21. — Den 22. — Den 24.
14. 14.BURROW SYSTEMS, OR DENS.
15. 15.COMMENSALS AND ENEMIES. — COMMENSALS. — NATURAL CHECKS. — PARASITES.
16. 16.ABUNDANCE.
17. 17.ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS. — CONTROL.
18. 18.SUMMARY.
19. 19.BIBLIOGRAPHY. — FOOTNOTES:

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