Wild Animals of the Rockies

About this eBook

Author

James P. Gilligan

Credits

Produced by Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Language

English

Subject

Rocky Mountain National Park (Colo.)

Category

Text

eBook-No.

59885

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59885

Release Date

July 10, 2019

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.wild animals of the ROCKIES
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.ILLUSTRATIONS
4. 4.PREFACE
5. 5.WILDLIFE OF THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS
6. 6.WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT — ELK-RANGE PROBLEM — DEER-RANGE PROBLEM — BIGHORN SHEEP POPULATION DECLINE — BEAVER PROBLEM
7. 7.LIFE ZONES AND ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION
8. 8.THE MAMMALS OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK — THE HOOFED ANIMALS — ELK (Cervus canadensis nelsoni) — MULE DEER (Odocoileus hemionus hemionus) — MOUNTAIN SHEEP (Ovis canadensis canadensis) — THE FLESH EATERS (CARNIVORES) — BLACK BEAR (Ursus americanus) — MOUNTAIN LION (Felis concolor hippolestes) — BOBCAT (Lynx rufus uinta) — COYOTE (Canis latrans lestes) — RED FOX (Vulpes macroura) — CROSS FOX — BADGER (Taxidae taxus taxus) — STRIPED SKUNK (Mephitis mephitis varians) — SPOTTED SKUNK (Spilogale tenuis) — MARTEN (Martes caurina origenes) — MINK (Mustela vison energumenos) — LONG-TAILED WEASEL (Mustela frenata nevadensis) — SHORT-TAILED WEASEL (Mustela streatori lepta) — THE PLANT EATERS (RODENTS) — BEAVER (Castor canadensis concisor) — MUSKRAT (Ondatra zibethica osoyoosensis) — PORCUPINE (Erethizon dorsatum epixanthum) — MARMOT (Marmota flaviventris luteola) — ABERT SQUIRREL (Sciurus aberti ferreus) — CHICKAREE (Sciurus fremonti fremonti) — RICHARDSON GROUND SQUIRREL (Citellus richardsonii elegans) — GOLDEN-MANTLED GROUND SQUIRREL (Callospermophilus lateralis lateralis) — LEAST CHIPMUNK (Eutamias minimus operarius) — WESTERN CHIPMUNK (Eutamias quadrivittatus quadrivittatus) — NORTHERN POCKET GOPHER (Thomomys talpoides fossor) — BUSHY-TAILED PACK RAT (Neotoma cinerea orolestes) — DEER MOUSE (Peromyscus maniculatus rufinus) — CLIFF MOUSE (Peromyscus nasutus nasutus) — JUMPING MOUSE (Zapus princeps princeps) — THE VOLES — LONG-TAILED VOLE (Microtus longicaudaus mordax) — DWARF VOLE (Microtus montanus fusus) — MEADOW VOLE (Microtus pennsylvanicus modestus) — RED-BACKED VOLE (Clethrionomys gapperi galei) — NORTHERN VOLE (Phenacomys intermedius intermedius) — THE HARES, RABBITS, AND PIKAS — PIKA (Ochotona princeps saxatilis) — COTTONTAIL RABBIT (Sylvilagus nuttallii pinetis) — WHITE-TAILED JACK RABBIT (Lepus townsendii townsendii) — SNOWSHOE HARE (Lepus americanus bairdii) — THE SHREWS (INSECTIVORES) — MASKED SHREW (Sorex cinereus cinereus) — DUSKY SHREW (Sorex obscurus obscurus) — DWARF SHREW (Sorex nanus) — WATER SHREW (Sorex palustris navigator) — THE FLYING MAMMALS (BATS) — BIG BROWN BAT (Eptesicus fuscus fuscus) — HOARY BAT (Lasiurus cinereus) — SILVER-HAIRED BAT (Lasionycteris noctivagans) — LUMP-NOSED BAT (Corynorhinus rafinesquii pallescens) — LARGE-EARED BROWN BAT (Myotis evotis chrysonotus)
9. 9.TRACKS
10. 10.Transcriber’s Notes

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