Vol. 2 
FEBRUARY, 1921 
No. 1 
JOURNAL OF 
MAMMALOGY 
Published Quarterly by the American Society of Mammalogists 
CONTENTS 
Resemblances and Contrasts between Zoologic and Palseontologic Research in 
Mammalogy. Desirability of Uniform Standards and Systems in Classification, 
in Description, in Measurement, in Reasoning Henry Fairfield Oshorn 1 
A Note on the Habits of the Timber Wolf Charles Eugene Johnson 11 
The Ano Nuevo Steller Sea Lion Rookery Barton Warren Evermann 16 
Notes on the Mammals of Interior Alaska .Lee Raymond Dice 20 
The Status of Merriam’s Shrew (Sorex merriami) Hartley H. T. Jackson 29 
John Macoun, 1832-1920 R.M. Anderson 32 
General Notes 35 
Notes on the Habits of Blarina brevicauda, A. B. Klugh; Red Bat at Sea, A. K. Haagner; The 
Black Bear as a Destroyer of Game, A. B. Howell; The Tree-climbing Wolverine, O. B. Orinnell; 
Curious Palatal Obstruction in Mustela longicauda, J. D. Soper; Erroneous Ideas Concerning 
Skunks, L. B. Dice; Dates of Shedding of Antlers, C. E. Brown; Notes on Nomenclature of 
South American Mammals, W. H, Osgood; Notes on the Mammals of the Lower Yukon Region, 
A. H. Twitchell. 
Recent Literature 41 
Correspondence 49 
Editorial Comment 50 
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