A Review of the Literature on the Mountain BeaverThis report summarizes the available knowledge about the mountain beaver, Aplodontia rufa, and lists some 260 literature references. Since the first account in 1805, from the Lewis and Clark expedition, a considerable literature has accumulated, much of which is no longer generally available. The mountain beaver, considered the most primitive of living rodents, is found only on the Pacific coast of North America. Type localities and ranges of the seven races are listed. |
Common terms and phrases
animal Anisonyx Aplodontia rufa bait beaver Aplodontia rufa Biological Survey British Columbia burrow entrances California Academy California Publications captive mountain beaver Clark claw Company Coues Dalquest Exploration and Survey fauna fetus Field Columbian Museum fleas genus Grays Harbor County Grinnell habits Humboldt County Hystrichopsylla Hystrichopsylla schefferi inches Ingles Journal of Mammalogy Journal of Parasitology lactating land mammals Lewis and Clark's living rodents London Mahonia nervosa Mammalogy mammals mammals of California McGrew Merriam molt mountain beaver mountain beaver Aplodontia Murrelet Museum of Natural Mylagaulus National Museum Bulletin Natural History North American Oregon Pacific Railroad Exploration pelage pellet Pfeiffer Polystichum munitum Publications in Zoology Rafinesque range reported rodent Scheffer seven races sewellel showtl Sierra Nevada Siphonaptera skin species specimens squirrel Suckley Taylor traps tunnels Type Locality U. S. Department U. S. National Museum U. S. Pacific Railroad University of California Vertebrate western wrote York young Zoological Series Zoology