"This helpful reference for students of all ages and professional mammalogists doing research provides an up-to-date compilation of basic knowledge about native and introduced mammals of the region.

Object Details author Schmidly, David J. 1943- Bradley, Robert Dean 1960- Notes Purchased from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment Contents Machine generated contents note: Diversity of Land Mammals / ...

Prairie dogs (genus Cynomys) are keystone species of the Great Plains, with five species found across the region: black-tailed, white-tailed, Gunnison’s, Utah, and Mexican prairie dogs. These highly ...

Prairie dogs (genus Cynomys) are burrowing rodents native to the grasslands of North America. Five species exist: black-tailed, white-tailed, Gunnison’s, Utah, and Mexican prairie dogs. These highly ...

Utah Prairie Dog (Cynomys parvidens) The Utah prairie dog is a small rodent found only in the southwestern United States, primarily in southern Utah.

“Those little barks are very loud — they can carry quite a long way,” said co-author Andrew Dreelin, who also works for the Smithsonian. The long-billed curlew nests in short-grass prairie and ...

WHILE working upon the tertiary beds of the plains east of the Rocky Mountains recently, I had numerous opportunities of making observations on the habits of those peculiar creatures the Burrowing ...