INDEX 



391 



117, Il8, 122, 163, 178, ISO, 210, 

 246, 248, 251, 252, 266-267 



Preble, quoted, 22, 29, 71, 212, 239, 244, 



298, 303, 322, 367 

 Predatory mammals, 13, 16, 17 

 see also Wolves, Coyotes, Mountain 



Lions, Wildcats, Tigers, Lions, 



etc. 



Preserves for mammals, 151-158 

 national, 152-155 

 state, 156-157 

 Price, quoted, 93 

 Primates, 345-347 

 Prince, quoted, 29, 343, 344, 367 

 Proboscidea, 304-305 

 Procaz'ia brucei somalica, 304 

 Procyon lotor, 204 

 Procyonidae, 204 

 Proechimys, 235 

 Prometkeomys, 287 

 Pronghorn, see Antelope 

 Protection of useful mammals, 150- 



158 



Protelidae, 238 

 Proteins cristatus, 238 

 Pteropodidae, 199 

 Puma, u, 141, 178, 232 

 see also Mountain lion 



Quagga, 141, 338 

 Quinn, quoted, 221, 367 



Rabbits and hares, n, 16, 17, 18, 23, 

 38, 40, 42, 52, 53, 54, 56, 65, 66, 

 68, 83, 86, 90, 91, 98, 106, 117, 

 118, 119, 122, 136, 143, 148, 153, 

 155, 156, 157, 164, 170, 172, 174, 

 178, 179, 180, 181, 187, 209, 225, 

 246, 253, 256, 297-303 



Chinchilla, 75, 296, 302 



close seasons, 300 



coast swamp, 299 



cottontail, 23, 40, 133, 299 



damage by, 40, 298-299, 301 



destruction of, 164, 300-303 



enemies of, 40, 164, 301 



fecundity, 297 



flesh, value as food, 301, 302, 303 



fluctuations in numbers, 297 



hares, 52, 53, 54, 68 

 European, 40, 299, 300 



northern, 52, 54 

 Sierra, 170 

 white, 53, 63 

 varying, see below 

 jackrabbits, 9, 40, 250, 252, 298 

 protection of trees from, 301 

 rabbit-proof fences, see Fences 

 skins, number used, 52, 53, 54, 56, 65, 



66, 300-301 

 snowshoe rabbits (varying hares), 



91, 100, 297, 298 

 Macfarlane, 299 

 Rocky Mountain, 298 

 Rabies, see Diseases 

 Rabot, quoted, 30, 367 

 Raccoons, 24, 52, 61, 64, 65, 66, 68, 71, 

 86, 121, 124, 133, 135, 152, 153, 



154, 155, 156, 157, 170, 174, 175, 

 176, 178, 204, 284 

 Sidney raccoon, 54 

 Radcliffe, quoted, 24, 32, 343, 367 

 Rangifer, 322 

 Ransom, quoted, 93 

 Rats, n, 18, 42, 46, 109, 117, 118, 119, 

 135, 148, 161-162, 188, 189, 246, 

 275-294 



brown house rat, 24, 36, 37, 38, 45, 

 80, 96, 99, 100, 106, 115, 120, 122, 

 126, 148, 247, 292-294 

 bush rat, 126 

 cotton rats, 279 

 Chisos, 280 

 northern, 279 

 Texas, 279 

 coypu, 53, 54 

 fish-eating rats, 125, 291 

 kangaroo (pocket) rats, 39, 270 

 dwarf, 271 

 large, 271 

 Loring, 271 

 Ord, 271 



Padre Island, 271 

 Richardson, 271 

 pack rats, 46 

 plagues of rats, 17 

 Texas spiny rat, 271 

 woodrats, 38, 99, 127, 253 

 Allegheny, 280 

 Attwater, 281 

 Bailey, 281 

 Baird, 282 



