Scanned and described by NPS History Collection staff, November 2020. This project was made possible by donation from the Family of George Melendez Wright in honor of his legacy. Marmot, Northern Hoary--at bay. Locality: Savage River, Alaska. Negative #: mvz5018. [UC Museum of Vertebrate Zoology]. No negative in our files Keywords: animal; mammal; marmot; Wildlife Survey; (NPS History Collection Themes); Fauna
Summary[edit] Description: English: Drawing of Heliosciurus mutabilis, printed in Wilhelm Peters: Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique: auf Befehl seiner Majestät des Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 ausgeführt. Berlin, 1852, pp. 1–205 (pl. 30) Deutsch: Zeichnung von Heliosciurus mutabilis, abgedruckt in Wilhelm Peters: Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique: auf Befehl seiner Majestät des Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 ausgeführt. Berlin, 1852, S. 1–205 (Taf. 30). Date: 1852. Source: Wilhelm Peters: Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique: auf Befehl seiner Majestät des Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 ausgeführt. Berlin, 1852, pp. 1–205 (pl. 30). Author: Wilhelm Müller.
two prairie dogs in separate burrows keep watch for threats With so many in a town, prairie dogs are well equipped to watch for their many predators. Their communication is well developed and a prairie dog can communicate what type of predator, what direction the threat is moving, and even what color it is in just one tenth of a second. Keywords: prairie dog; black tailed prairie dog
Adult male and female Nelson Antelope Ground Squirrels, feeding in harmony side by side under wholly natural conditions. Photographed by J. Dixon, May 9, 1918, on lower San Emigdio Creek, Kern County. The openings under the horizontal layers of the wash banks afforded these squirrels safe retreats. Note the characteristic Ammospermophilus pose of body and tail. Title: California ground squirrels : a bulletin dealing with life histories, habits and control of the ground squirrels of California / (by J. Grinnell, J, Dixon and others)Identifier: californiaground00cali (find matches)Year: 1918 (1910s)Authors: California. State Commission of Horticulture; Dixon, JosephSubjects: Publisher: (Sacramento) : California State Printing Off.Contributing Library: Smithsonian LibrariesDigitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage LibraryView Book Page: Book ViewerAbout This Book: Catalog EntryView All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.