Revision of the Wood Rats of the Genus Neotoma - Softcover

Edward Alphonso Goldman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0428570569 ISBN 13: 9780428570569

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2024

Synopsis

Excerpt from Revision of the Wood Rats of the Genus Neotoma<br/><br/>The present revision is mainly the result of a study of the wood rats in the collection of the Biological Survey, numbering over specimens, including topotypes of most of the species. These were supplemented by those in the United States National Museum, the private collection of Dr. C. Hart Merriam, and a few loaned or submit ted for identification bv the American Museum of Natural History, the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences, the Field Museum of Natural History, and the private collections of 'e. R. Warren, Joseph Grin nell, and F. Stephens, making a total of over.4,000 specimens. I am especially indebted to Dr. C. Hart Merriam for the privilege of using his private collection. Acknowledgments are due also for the use of the collection of the United States National Museum; to Dr. J. A. Allen, American Museum of Natural History, to Witmer Stone and James A. G. Rehn, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, to Dr. D. G. Elliot, Field Museum of Natural History, and to Prof. A. L. Herrera, City of Mexico, for the loan of types and topotypes, and to Oldfield Thomas and others.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0428570569
• ISBN 13: 9780428570569
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 147