MAMMALS of the southwest MOUNTAINS and MESAS by GEORGE OLIN illustrations by EDWARD BIERLY [Illustration: Uncaptioned] Southwest Parks and Monuments Association Box 1562, Globe, Arizona 85501 Copyright 1961 by the Southwestern Monuments Association. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review to be printed in a magazine or newspaper. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 61-11291 SBN 0-911408-32-0 Southwest Parks and Monuments Association (formerly Southwestern Monuments Association) First printing, 1961. Second printing, 1971. Third printing, 1975. Popular series no. 9. Printed in the United States of America Arizona Lithographers · Tucson, Arizona ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS With this booklet, as with _Mammals of the Southwest Deserts_, we are indebted to Dr. E. L. Cockrum, Assistant Professor of Zoology at the University of Arizona who has checked the manuscript for accuracy. We are also grateful to him for offering suggestions and criticisms which have added materially to its interest. The writer would also like to voice his appreciation to Ed Bierly whose magnificent illustrations adorn these pages. His is a talent with which it is a privilege to be associated. Finally our thanks to the editor and his staff. It is not an easy task to combine text with illustrations, nor to match space with type, yet it has been done with feeling and precision. Together, we hope that you will approve of our efforts. If through this booklet you gain a better understanding of the mammals that share the great outdoors with us, or if through it you should become aware of the urgent necessity of preserving some of our wild creatures, (and wild places), now before it is too late; we shall indeed be well repaid. CONTENTS