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JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY 
PLAN FOR MAKING OBSERVATIONS 
Identification (Name) 
Names, scientific, English, aboriginal. 
Description, generic, specific, subspecific, comparative and anatomical. 
Literary history. 
Environment (Place) 
Range of the species with outlying records, and known changes of same.. 
Environment or habitat of the species. 
Relation to other species of animals or plants. 
Home-range of the individual, extent, etc. 
Migrations. 
Erratic movements. 
Physical facts (Body) 
Numbers or population, primitive and present. 
Senses or special equipment. 
Cycles of increase, etc. 
Abnormalities, freak developments. 
Coat, moults, etc. 
Glands. 
Protective and directive marks and tricks. 
Speed, usual and fast. 
Swimming. 
Tracks in various gaits. 
Scatology, evidence of. 
Sanitation in general and in nest. 
Bathing. 
Sand baths. 
Sun baths. 
Medication. 
Food, full details, commensalism, parasitism, etc. 
Storage habits. 
Habits (Mind) 
Diurnal or nocturnal. 
Mating ceremonies. 
Marriage, form, duration, etc. 
Home-building, kind and number of homes. 
Do they make nests or bowers never used for their young? 
Gestation. 
Young, number, development, family life, relation of father to young. 
Do old males become hermits? 
Sociability. 
Gregarious or not. 
Disposition or temper. 
Amusements or games. 
Aesthetic instincts, love of beautiful, etc. 
Curiosity. 
Communication, etc. 
