rabbit {see cottontail) 



rabbit, black-tailed, Lepus calif ornicus . 128, Table 9-3, 



Table 25-1, 247, 326, 329, 329-330, 335, 337 

 rabbit, brush, Sylvilagus bachmani, 312 

 rabbit, European, Oryctolagus cuniculus, 19, 149, Table 



25-1, 228-229, 235, 266, 299 

 rabbit, marsh, Sylvilagus palustris. 298 

 rabbit, pigmy, Sylvilagus idahoensis, 336-337 

 rabbit, snowshoe, Lepus americanus. Fig. 17-5, 223 



224, 228, 228-229, 237, 238, 240, 241, 243, 302-303 

 rabbit, swamp, Sylvilagus aqunticus, 278 

 rabbit, white-tailed jack, Lepus townsendii, 128, Table 



9-4, Table 25-1, 247, 326, 329, 329-330 

 raccoon, Procyonidae (mammal). Table 27-2 

 raccoon, Procyon lotor. 86-87, 109, 114-115, Table 9-7, 



178, 190, 295 

 racer, blue. Coluber constrictor (snake), 110, 125, Table 



25-1, 297 298 

 racerunner, six-lined, Cnemidophorus sexlineatus, 110, 



298 

 Radiolaria (amoeboid protozoans), 353, 357, 360 

 ragweed, common. Ambrosia artemisiifoUa (plant). Fig. 



8-11, 113, 115 

 ragweed, lesser. Ambrosia artemisiifoUa. 190 

 rail, Virginia, Rallus limicola (bird). Table 7-4 

 Ramtra {see water scorpion) 

 raspberry, black, Rubus occidentalis (briar), 112, 116- 



117 

 rat, banner-tailed kangaroo, Dipodomys spectabilis. 326 

 rat, black, Rattus rattus, 145-146 

 rat, bushy-tailed wood, Neotoma cinerea, 307 

 rat, chisel-toothed kangaroo, Dipodomys microps, 336- 



337, 337 

 rat, cotton, Sigmodon. 128 

 rat, desert kangaroo, Dipodomys deserti, 335 

 rat, desert wood, Neotoma lepida, 311, 335 

 rat, dusky-footed wood, Neotoma fuscipes, 311, 312 

 rat, eastern wood, Neotoma floridana, 298 

 rat, Fresno kangaroo, Dipodomys nitratoides, 248 

 rat, giant kangaroo, Dipodomys ingens, 248 

 rat, Heermann's kangaroo, Dipodomys heermanni, 127, 



248 

 rat, hispid cotton, Sigmodon hispidus, 298 

 rat, kangaroo, Dipodomys, 128, 165-166, 187, 329-330, 



335-336, 338 

 rat, marsh rice, Oryzomys palustris, 298 

 rat, Merriam's kangaroo, Dipodomys merriami, 335 

 rat, mole, Spalax, Table 25-1 

 rat. New World, Cricetidae, 190, 228-229 

 rat, Norway, Rattus norvegicus. 145-146, 150, Table 15- 



7, Table 16-5, 208, 217, 229 

 rat. Old World, Muridae, 270 



rat, Ord's kangaroo, Dipodomys ordii. 336-337, 337 

 rat, rice, Oryzomys palustris, 87 

 rat, spiny, Echimyidae (mammal). Table 27-2 

 rat, white- throated wood, Neotoma albigula, 312, 326, 



335 

 rat, wood, Neotoma. 177 



rattlesnake, Crotalus, 128-129, 272, 311-312, 339 

 rattlesnake, diamond, Crotalus atrox. 336 

 rattlesnake, Mojave, Crotilus scutulatus, 336 



rattlesnake, prairie, Crotalus viridis. 125, Table 25-1, 



337 

 rattlesnake, sidewinder, Crotalus cerastus. Fig. 8-10, 



110, 336 

 rattlesnake, timber, Crotalus korridus, Fig. 22-3, 296- 



297 

 rattlesnake, western diamond, Crotalus atrox, 336 

 raven, common, Corvus corax (bird), 302-303, 318 

 ray, Selachii (elasmobranch fish), 357 

 redcedar, eastern, Juniperus virginiana (tree), 105, 



116-117 

 redcedar, western. Thuja plicata, 302 

 redhorse, northern, Moxostoma aureolum (fish), Table 



5-2, Table 7-3 

 redhorse, shorthead, Moxostoma breviceps, Table 5-2, 



Table 7-3 

 redpoll, common, Acanthis flammea (bird), 306 

 redpoll, hoary, Acanthis hornemanni , 306 

 redstart, American, Setophaga ruticilla (bird), 248, 250, 



296 

 redstart, painted, Setophaga pi eta, 311-312 

 redwood, Sequoia sempervirens (tree), 282, 302 

 reed, common, Phragmites communis (plant), 79-81, 



Table 7-6 

 reindeer, Rangifer tarandus (mammal), 286 

 Remora, Echeneidae (fish), 178 

 reptile, Reptilia, 24, 24-25, 38, Table 3-1, 74, 92, 96, 



97-98, 99-100, 101, 151-153, 155, 155-156, 228-229, 



270, 271, 286-288, 298, 299-300, 300, 319, 322, 330, 



338, 339, 347-348 

 rhea, Rheidae (bird). Table 25-1, 270 

 rhinoceros, Rhinocerotidae (mammal), 215, 271, 271- 



272, 344, 347 

 rice, wild, Zizinia (plant), 79-81 



roach, cockroach, Blattidae (insect), 134, Table 9-7, 25,175 

 roach, Cryptocercus , 177 

 roach, wood, Parcoblatta , 107 



roadrunner, Geococcyx californianus (bird), 335-336 

 robin. Tardus migratorius (bird). Fig. 10-2, 174-175, 



150, 250, 297-298, 320-321, Table 23-1, Table 7-4 

 robin, European, Eritlujcus rubecula, 247 

 rodent, Rodential (mammal), 188, 230, 268, 270, 271, 



271-272, 329, 337, 338 

 roller, Coraciidae (birds), 271-272 

 rose, Rosa (plant), 79-81, 179, 190 

 rosemary, bog, Andromeda glaucophylla (plant). Table 



7-6, 92 

 rotifer. Rotatoria, 39, 47, 60, 66-67, 67-69, 71, 74, 81, 



82, 87-88, 88, 92, 104-105, 130, 147, 177, 204-205, 



215-216, 229, 319, 320, 349, 356 

 royalpalm, Florida, Roystonen elata (tree), 294 

 rush, Juncus (plant), 79-81, 316 



sage, bud, Artemisia spinescens, 333-334, 334-335 

 sage, bur, Franseria dumosa, F. deltoides (bush). Fig. 



26-3, 333 

 sagebrush, Artemisia tridentata. Fig. 26-4, 117, 333- 



334, 334-335, 337 

 saguaro, Cereus giganteus (tree cactus), Fig. 26-3, 333, 



338 



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Index 



