MAY, 1921 
No. 2 
Vol. 2 
JOURNAL OF 
MAMMALOGY 
Published Quarterly by the American Society of Mammalogists 
CONTENTS 
Banding Bats A. A. Allen 
The Present Status of the European Bison or Wisent Theodor G. Ahrens 
Capturing Small Mammals for Study Vernon Bailey 
The Mammals of Itasca County, Minnesota Alvin R. Cahn 
Desert and Lava-dwelling Mice, and the Problem of Protective Coloration in 
Mammals Francis B. Sumner 
The “Hand-stand” Habit of the Spotted Skunk Charles Eugene Johnson 
On the Gorilla and Chimpanzee C. R. Aschemeier 
The Red Squirrel of the Sitkan Districb, Alaska H, S. Swarth 
Revised List of the Species in the Genus Dipodomys Joseph Grinnell 
Description of a new species of Phenacomys from Oregon A. Brazier Howell 
Notes on the Snowshoe Rabbit J. Dewey Soper 
General Notes 
Opossum in Vermont, G, L. Kirh; Opossum Carries Leaves with its Tail, L. L. Pray; Notes on 
the European Hedgehog, J. A. Loring; Shrews and Weasels, G. L. Kirk; Tla.e Hog-nosed Skunk 
in Colorado, E. B. Warren; The Elephant Seal off Santa Cruz Island, California, A. W. Anthony; 
Mice and Chipmunks Help Restock Forests, U. S. Dept. Agric.; Recent Migration of the Gray 
Squirrel in Wisconsin, H. H. T . Jackson; Caesarian Operation on Lepus alleni, and Notes on the 
Young, C-. T. Vorhies; Dates of Shedding of Horns in Yellowstone Park, M. P. Skinner; Shed 
Horns of the American Antelope, G. B. Grinnell; Field Suggestions, A.B. Howell. 
Recent Literature 
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