4 CONTENTS. 



Order Rodent ia: Gnawing animals — Continued. Page. 



Family Castoridse: Beavers 64 



Beaver 64 



Family Erethizontidse: Porcupines 66 



Yellow-haired porcupine 66 



Family Zapodidoe: Jumping mice 69 



Rocky Mountain jumping mouse 69 



Family Geomyidse: Pocket gophers 71 



Saskatchewan pocket gopher 71 



Brown pocket gopher 73 



Order Lagomorpha: Rabbitlike animals 75 



Family Ochotonidse: Conies 75 



Cony 75 



Family Leporidse: Rabbits and hares 77 



Snowshoe rabbit 77 



Prairie jack rabbit 78 



Order Garni vora : Flesh eaters 79 



Family Felidse : Gats 79 



Mountain lion 79 



Canada lynx 81 



Bobcat 82 



Family Canidse : Wolves and foxes 82 



Gray wolf 82 



Northern coyote 83 



Mountain red fox 84 



Kit fox, or swift 85 



Family Mustelidaj: Otters, martens, minks, weasels, etc 85 



Otter 85 



Mink 86 



Arizona weasel - 87 



Long-tailed weasel 87 



Bonaparte weasel 88 



Marten : 88 



Fisher 90 



"Wolverine 90 



Northern skunk 91 



Badger 91 



Family Ursidse: Bears 92 



Black or cinnamon bear 92 



Grizzly bear, or silvertip 96 



Order Insectivora: Insect eaters 97 



Family Soricidse: Shrews 97 



Water shrew. . 97 



Dusky shrew 98 



Dobson shrew 99 



Masked shrew 100 



Order Chtroi)tera: Winged mammals 100 



Family Vespertilionidee : Bats 100 



Long-legged bat 100 



Brown bat 101 



Silver-haired bat 101 



Hoary bat 101 



