Notes

Geographic Limitations

Westward Ho

Mountains as Wildlife Reservoirs

Desert “Islands”

Life Zones

Man and Wilderness

Classification of 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)

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)

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)