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"This is a comprehensive treatment of mammals in the state of Oregon since 1936, when Vernon Bailey's ""The Mammals and Life Zones of Oregon"" was published. It provides a basic reference for mammalogists, wildlife biologists, students and anyone interested in mammalian life in the northwestern United States. Indeed, researchers in states adjacent to Oregon should find useful information regarding the mammals their regions share with Oregon. Descriptions of all 136 extant or recently extirpated mammal species in Oregon are in the book, with information on geographical variation, diet, reproduction, ontogeny, mortality and behaviour. The authors provide range maps and lists of collection localities based on their examination of 55,265 museum specimens and brief accounts of morphology, species diversity, distribution and fossil records. Keys to orders, families, and species are provided for identification of unknown specimens. Also helpful is the introductory section with its discussion of skull morphology, evolutionary history, basic taxonomy, zoogeography, zoonotic diseases, and the history of mammalogy in Oregon. A bibliography of 2925 references should make the volume especially use"

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9780520211995

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B. J. Verts is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Oregon State University in Corvallis. Leslie N. Carraway received a Ph.D. in Wildlife Science at Oregon State University.

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