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Mammals of the Southwest Mountains and Mesas
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- MAMMALS of the southwest MOUNTAINS and MESAS
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- CONTENTS
- Notes
- INTRODUCTION
- Geographic Limitations
- Westward Ho
- Mountains as Wildlife Reservoirs
- Desert “Islands”
- Life Zones
- Man and Wilderness
- Classification of Animals
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- REFERENCES
- INDEX
- Transcriber’s Notes
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