Microtus richardsoni,water vole, 30, 120, 276
Microtus socialis,social (Gunther’s) vole, 146,
233, 234
Microtus townsendii,Townsend’s vole, 30, 33,
54, 55, 134, 135, 153, 157, 174, 175, 177,
181, 246
Microtus xanthognathus,taiga (yellow-
cheeked) vole, 31, 116, 120, 321, 459
Milvago chimango,caracara, 252
Miospermophilus, 358
Mirounga angustirostris,northern elephant
seal, 245
Mungos mungo,banded mongoose, 267
Mus,house (domestic) mice, 149, 225, 312,
455
Mus musculus/domesticus,house mouse, 5, 11,
12, 34, 106 –14, 121, 132 –35, 149, 186,
190, 197, 211, 214, 234 –38, 240, 256,
258 – 66, 268, 270 –76, 330, 334, 336, 380 –
92, 438, 453, 455, 456, 482, 486
Mus spicilegus,mound-building mouse, 31
Mustela,335, 339
Mustela erminea,short-tailed weasel, 309, 338
Mustela nigripes,black-footed ferret, 312, 474 –
76
Mustela nivalis,least weasel, 111, 265, 332,
333, 336
Mustela putorius,ferret, 265, 334
Mustela vison,American mink, 156, 265, 334
Myocastor, 17
Myocastor coypus,coypu (nutria), 31, 121,
131, 132, 135, 233, 235, 259, 453
Myoprocta,acouchies, 17, 320
Myoprocta acouchy, 21
Myoprocta pratti,green acouchy, 21, 232, 233,
240, 274
Myopus schisticolor,wood lemming, 135
Myosciurus,tree squirrels, 319
Myoxus glis,fat dormouse, 246
Napaeozapus insignis,woodland jumping
mouse, 119, 121
Nelsonia neotomodon, 421
Neofiber alleni,round-tailed muskrat, 121
Neotoma,woodrats, 71, 74, 75, 77, 274, 319
Neotoma albigula,white-throated woodrat, 69,
74, 76 – 84, 121
Neotoma cinerea,bushy-tailed woodrat, 31,
35 –37, 69, 72, 74, 76 – 84, 116, 121, 131,
133 –35, 236, 417, 419, 421, 424, 425
Neotoma floridana,eastern woodrat, 69, 74,
76 – 84, 121, 131–33, 236
Neotoma lepida,desert woodrat, 72, 121, 234,
236, 268, 272
Neotoma macrotis,big-eared woodrat, 69, 74,
76 – 84
Neotoma magister,Allegheny woodrat, 417,
421, 422, 424
Neotoma mexicana,Mexican woodrat, 69, 74,
76 – 84, 121, 421
Neotoma micropus,southern plains woodrat,
69, 74, 76 – 84, 121
Neotoma phenax,Sonoran woodrat, 121
Neotoma stephensi,Stephen’s woodrat, 69, 74,
76 – 84
Neotomodon alstoni,volcano mouse, 69, 74,
(^76) – 84, 232
Niviventer hinpoon, 421
Notomys alexis,Spinifex hopping mouse, 121
Ochotona,pikas, 416, 425
Ochotona collaris,collared pika, 419
Ochotona curzoniae,plateau pika, 158, 170,
171
Ochotona princeps,American pika, 416, 417
Octodon,degus, 17, 320, 329, 337, 403 –15
Octodon bridgesi,Bridges’ degu, 406
Octodon degus,common degu, 144, 227, 246,
248, 273, 405 –15
Octodon lunatus,coastal degu, 406
Octodontomys,long-tailed octodonts, 17, 320,
404, 405
Octodontomys gliroides,soco, 406
Octomys,17, 405
Octomys mimax,hairy-tailed rat, 405, 406
Odocoileus virginianus,white-tailed deer, 460
Ondatra zibethicus,muskrat, 31, 121, 232,
236, 240, 242, 268, 354, 453
Onychomys,grasshopper mice, 71, 75 –77,
319, 329, 453
Onychomys leucogaster,northern grasshopper
mouse, 14, 69, 72, 74, 76 – 84, 131, 133,
236
Onychomys torridus,southern grasshopper
mouse, 69, 72, 74, 76 – 84, 237, 240
Oreotragus oreotragus,klipspringer, 395
Oryctolagus cuniculus,European rabbit, 215
Oryzomys longicaudatus,longtailed rice rat,
120
Ototylomys,big-eared climbing rats, 418
Ovis aries,Soay (domestic) sheep, 147, 396, 402
Ovis canadensis,bighorn sheep, 147
Panthera leo,African lion, 147
Pan troglodytes,chimpanzee, 207, 208
Papio anubis,olive baboon, 147
Paradipus, 370
Parantechinus bilarni, 416
Paraxerus,bush squirrels, 319, 323
Paraxerus cepapi,yellow-footed bush squirrel,
29, 89, 268
Parotomys,whistling rats, 318, 319, 323, 337
Parotomys brantsii,Brant’s whistling rat, 31,
325
Parus caeruleus,blue tit, 124
Parus montanus,willow tit, 332
Pavo cristatus,peacock (India blue peafowl),
255
Pectinator,pectinators, 319
Pectinator spekei,Speke’s gundi, 417, 421, 424
Pedetes,springhares, 17, 319
Pediolagus,17, 21
Pediolagus salinicola, 20
Perognathus,pocket mice, 339, 370
Perognathus alticola,Tehachapi pocket mouse,
122
Perognathus amplus,Arizona pocket mouse,
122
Perognathus fasciatus,olive-backed pocket
mouse, 122
Perognathus flavescens,plains pocket mouse,
122
Perognathus flavus,silky pocket mouse, 122
Perognathus inornatus,San Joaquin pocket
mouse, 122
Perognathus longimembris,little pocket mouse,
122
Perognathus parvus,Great Basin pocket mouse,
122
Peromyscus,deer mice, 35, 40, 70, 71, 73, 75,
76, 80, 106 – 9, 112, 113, 173, 175, 179,
185 – 91, 319, 329, 334, 455, 486
Peromyscus alstoni,volcano mouse, 120
Peromyscus attwateri,Texas mouse, 69, 74,
76 – 84, 421
Peromyscus boylii,brush mouse, 69, 70, 73, 74,
76 – 84
Peromyscus californicus,California mouse, 28,
31, 32, 69, 71, 73, 74, 76 – 84, 109, 154,
186 – 88, 240, 245, 246, 268
Peromyscus crinitus,canyon (black-wristed)
mouse, 69, 70, 74, 76 – 84, 120, 419, 421
Peromyscus difficilis, 421
Peromyscus eremicus,cactus mouse, 31, 51, 69,
74, 76 – 84
Peromyscus gossypinus,cotton mouse, 69, 74,
76 – 84
Peromyscus leucopus,white-footed mouse, 33 –
35, 37, 44, 47, 50, 53, 55, 63, 64, 69, 70,
74, 76 – 84, 108, 109, 135, 136, 151, 152,
154 –56, 174, 186, 232, 237–39, 246 – 48,
268, 279 –72, 274, 275, 278, 309, 330, 331,
460, 481, 483, 484
Peromyscus maniculatus,deer mouse, 31, 33,
34, 37, 44, 49 –51, 55, 69, 70, 74, 76 – 84,
108, 109, 116, 120, 135, 136, 234, 237,
238, 246 – 48, 267, 268, 270 –75, 333, 457,
481, 482, 484
Peromyscus melanophrys,plateau mouse, 69,
74, 76 – 84, 232
Peromyscus mexicanus,Mexican mouse, 69,
74, 76 – 84, 133, 135
Peromyscus polionotus,old field mouse, 28, 31,
69, 71, 74, 76 – 84
Peromyscus truei,69, 74, 76 – 84
Petaurista,giant flying squirrels, 418
Petinomys,flying squirrels, 319
Petrogale,rock wallabies, 416
Petromus,dassie rats, 17, 319, 432
Petromus typicus,dassie rat, 417, 421, 423 –25,
432
Petromys, 337
Petromyscus collinus,419, 421
Petromyscus monticularis, 421
Phaenemarmota barbouri, 358
Phlebotomus papatasi,sandfly 485
Phodopus cambelli,Djungarian (dwarf) ham-
ster, 31, 46, 49, 211, 232, 233, 240, 256,
268, 273
Phodopus sungorus,Siberian hamster, 191,
232, 233, 240
Phyllotis, 421
Phyllotis xanthopygus, 421
Pituophis melanoleucus,gopher (bull) snake,
265, 311, 314, 334
Plagiodontia,Hispaniolan hutias, 320
Ploceus pelzelni,slender-billed weaver bird,
400
Praomys,soft-furred mice, 319
Procavia capensis,rock hyrax, 416 –18, 426
Proechimys,spiny rats, 17, 320
Pronolagus,red rabbits, 416
Protoxerus,tree squirrels, 319
Psammomys, 370
Psammomys obesus,fat sand rat, 371, 485
Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis, 416
Pseudomys chapmani, 420
Pteronura brasiliensis,giant otter, 267
608 Species Index