Mammals of the Southwest Mountains and Mesas

About this eBook

Author

Olin, George, 1907-

Credits

Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, Dave Morgan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

QL: Science: Zoology

Subject

Mammals -- Southwest, New

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 50822

Release Date

January 1, 2016

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.MAMMALS of the southwest MOUNTAINS and MESAS
2. 2.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
3. 3.CONTENTS — Notes
4. 4.INTRODUCTION — Geographic Limitations — Westward Ho — Mountains as Wildlife Reservoirs — Desert “Islands” — Life Zones — Man and Wilderness — Classification of Animals
5. 5.HOOFED ANIMALS Artiodactyla ( even-toed hoofed animals ) — Bighorn (mountain sheep) Ovis canadensis (Latin: a sheep from Canada) — Pronghorn (antelope) Antilocapra americana (Latin: antelope and goat, American) — Bison (buffalo) Bison bison (Teutonic name given to this animal) — Mule deer Odocoileus hemionus (Greek: odous, tooth and koilus, hollow. Greek: hemionus, mule) — White-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus (Greek: odous, tooth and koilus, hollow. Latin: of Virginia) — Elk Cervus canadensis (Latin: stag or deer, from Canada)
6. 6.RODENTS Including the Lagomorphs ( hares and pikas ) — Snowshoe hare Lepus americanus (Latin: hare ... of America) — White-tailed jackrabbit Lepus townsendi (Latin: hare ... for J. K. Townsend) — Mountain cottontail Sylvilagus nuttalli (Latin: sylva, wood and Greek: lagos, hare. For Nuttal) — Pika Ochotona princeps (Mongol name of pika ... Latin: chief) — Tassel-eared squirrel (Abert’s) Sciurus aberti (Latin: shade-tail ... for Col. J. J. Abert) — Kaibab squirrel Sciurus kaibabensis (Latin: shade-tail ... from the Kaibab, a forest in northern Arizona) — Arizona gray squirrel Sciurus arizonensis (Latin: shade-tail ... of Arizona) — Spruce squirrel, Pine squirrel (DOUGLAS SQUIRREL, CHICKAREE) Tamiasciurus hudsonicus fremonti (Greek: tamia, steward and Latin: sciurus, shade-tail ... of the Hudson, named after Fremont) — Northern flying squirrel Glaucomys sabrinus (Greek: glauco, silvery and Greek: mys, mouse) — Western chipmunks Genus Eutamias (Greek: eu, well or good and tamias, steward) — Golden-mantled ground squirrel Citellus lateralis (Latin: citellus, swift, and lateralis, belonging to the side, referring to the stripe along the side) — White-tailed prairie dog Cynomys gunnisoni (Greek: kun, a dog and mys, mouse ... for Captain Gunnison whose expedition took the type) — Yellow-bellied marmot (woodchuck) Marmota flaviventris (Marmota, Dutch name of European species of woodchuck. Latin: flavus, yellow, and venter, belly) — Deermouse (white-footed mouse) The genus Peromyscus (Greek: pera, pouch, and muscus, diminutive of mys, mouse) — Mountain vole Microtus montanus (Latin: small ear ... of the mountains) — Western jumping mouse Zapus princeps (Greek: za, intensive and pous, foot. Latin: princeps, chief) — Bushy-tailed woodrat Neotoma cinerea (Greek: neos, new and temnien, to cut ... Latin: cinereus, ashy) — Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus (French Canadian word from the Iroquois and Huron Indian word for muskrat. Latin: the odorous substance of the civet alluding to the musk secreted by the muskrat) — Beaver Castor canadensis (Latin: a beaver ... from Canada) — Porcupine Erethizon dorsatum (Greek: to irritate in allusion to the quills and Latin: pertaining to the back) — Northern pocket gopher Thomomys talpoides (Greek: thomos, a heap and mys, mouse. Latin: talpa, a mole)
7. 7.CARNIVORES Including the Insectivores and Chiropterans — Mountain lion Felis concolor (Latin: a cat of the same color; referring no doubt to the smooth blending of the body coloration) — Bobcat Lynx rufus (Latin: name of animal, and rufus, reddish) — Red fox Vulpes fulva (Latin: a fox ... fulva, meaning deep yellow or tawny) — Gray wolf Canis lupus (Latin: dog ... a wolf) — Coyote Canis latrans (Latin: dog ... barking) — Wolverine Gulo luscus (Latin: having to do with the throat ... one eyed; purblind) — Marten Martes americana (Latin: a marten ... America) — River otter Lutra canadensis (Latin: otter ... of Canada) — Mink Mustela vison (Latin: weasel ... forceful, powerful) — Short-tailed weasel (ermine) Mustela erminea (Latin: weasel ... from the fur ermine) — Spotted skunk Spilogale gracilis (Greek: spilos, spot and gale, weasel ... gracilis, Latin: slender) — Striped skunk Mephitis mephitis (Latin: a pestilential exhalation) — Black bear Euarctos americanus (Latin: a bear ... of America) — Grizzly bear Ursus horribilis (Latin: a bear ... horrible) — Vagrant shrew Sorex vagrans (Latin: a shrew ... wandering) — Bats Order Chiroptera (Latin: chir, hand, and optera, wing)
8. 8.REFERENCES
9. 9.INDEX
10. 10.Transcriber’s Notes

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