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THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY 



Typical Exposure of the Fossil-beaeing Baestow Miocene Foemation Noeth of 

 Baestow. (Photograph by C. L. Baker.) 



desert dotted here and there with patches of flowers of unusual heauty 

 and fragrance, offering their charms as an antidote for the misery of 

 thirst about them. 



The living mammalian fauna of the Mohave comprises thirty-five 

 species, of which twenty-one are rodents. The Ungulata are re]:)re- 

 sented only by the pronghorn antelope and the desert big-horn. The 

 Carnivora include the desert coyote, the Mohave Desert kit fox, the 

 California raccoon, a spotted skunk, a striped skunk, the northwest 

 cougar, and the desert wildcat. The rodent fauna includes thirteen 

 genera. The species are mainly characteristic desert forms. Of the 

 living mammals only a few genera are known also in the older faunas of 



Folded axd Faulted Steata Kepeesenting a Toetiox of the Section Containing 

 Fossil Remains Noeth of Baestow. (Photograph by C. L. Baker.) 



