Mammology basics and history

Live traps

longworth, mist nets, pitfall, sherman, tomahawk (havahart)

kill traps

conibear, harpoon, museum, victor snap

Angora hair

continuous growth hair

Definitive hair

hair that reaches a specific length

Vibrissae

whiskers, sensory

Underfur

dense, insulation

Guard hair

protection, waterproofing

classification of mammals

Eukarya, Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Mammalia

Carl Linnaes

created binomial nomenclature

Lewis and Clark

east to west coast

Zebulon Pike

pikes peak

Stephen Long

great plains

Mark Catesby

The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands

Thomas Bewick

general history of quadrapeds

JJ Audoban and John Bachman

Vivaperous quadrepeds of north america

Spencer Baird

mammals of north america, father of american zoology

Clinton Hart Merriam

mammals of the adirondaks

Joseph Grinnell

Father of North American academic mammalogy

William B Davis

Father of Texas Mammalogy, mammals of texas