University of Kansas Lawrence 1971 University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History Editors of this number: Frank B. Cross, Philip S. Humphrey, William E. Duellman Volume 19, No. 5, pp. 361-393, 8 figs. Published January 18, 1971 University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas PRINTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PRINTING SERVICE LAWRENCE, KANSAS 1971...

The mammalian fauna of the western Dakotas and adjacent Montana is relatively poorly known. Few published reports have dealt with mammals from this part of the Northern Great Plains, and none of these involved detailed study of a restricted area. The present report summarizes information gathered in Harding County, northwestern South Dakota, and includes material on the more than 50 species of mammals that are known to occur there. Harding County has an area of approximately 2700 square miles (F

Fifty-three species of mammals known from Harding County, South Dakota, are treated in the accounts that follow. Appended is a brief discussion of 10 additional species that may be found there. In most accounts, specimens that have been examined (a total of 644) are listed in telegraphic style preceding remarks; localities are arranged from north to south in such lists. Unless otherwise noted, specimens are housed in the Museum of Natural History. All measurements are in millimeters (those of em

For assistance in the field, we are especially grateful to the students who were enrolled in the Field Course in Vertebrate Zoology at The University of Kansas in the summers of 1961, 1965, and 1970, and to M. A. Levy, R. R. Patterson, and T. H. Swearingen. In 1965 and 1970, the summer field course was supported in part by grants (GE-7739 and GZ-1512, respectively) from the National Science Foundation; Andersen was supported in the field in 1968 by a grant from the Kansas City Council for Higher

Anonymous 1959. Building an empire: a historical booklet on Harding County, South Dakota. Buffalo Times-Herald, 108 pp. Bailey, V. 1915. Revision of the pocket gophers of the genus Thomomys. N. Amer. Fauna, 39:1-136. 1927. A biological survey of North Dakota. N. Amer. Fauna, 49: vi + 1-226 [this publication is dated 1926, but actually was published on January 8, 1927]. Baker, C. L. 1952. Geology of Harding County. Rept. South Dakota State Geol. Surv., 68:1-36 (mimeographed). Brown, L. N. 1963. M