A Biological Survey of Alabama; I. Physiography and Life Zones. II. the Mammals.cArthur Holmes Howell
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Author: Arthur Holmes Howell
Page Count: 36 pages
Published Date: 21 May 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781236424495
File size: 9 Mb
File Name: A.Biological.Survey.of.Alabama;.I..Physiography.and.Life.Zones..II..the.Mammals.pdf
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 Excerpt: ...A trapper at Whistler caught four otters in the creek near his home during the winter of 1911-12; Will Matthews shot four at one time near Castleberry, in 1911, as they were playing around a log in the creek. The only specimen at hand is one caught by a trapper in Mobile Eiver, near the Louisville & Nashville Eailroad bridge, in January, 1917, and with so little material it is impossible satisfactorily to define the status of the Alabama otters. The single specimen is very dark blackish brown, shaded about the lips and throat with grayish, thus agreeing in color with the otters of the Northern States, and differing from the Florida form (vaga), which is decidedly redder; the skull of the Alabama specimen, however, approaches that of vaga in being relatively long and narrow, with the postorbital region constricted. This specimen weighed IT pounds in the flesh. A skin, taken near Jackson, which I examined in a dealer's store, was also of the same dark color, and the animals referred to above, killed by Mr. Matthews, were described as being black. Otters are almost as aquatic as seals, which, indeed, they somewhat resemble in appearance and actions in the water. In the Southern States, according to Audubon and Bachman, the young are brought forth about the middle of March.84 The habits of the species are well described by Stone and Cram, as follows: When traveling overland otters follow the smoothest course they can find, going round stumps and hummocks and beneath logs in preference to climbing over them. Following the same course week after week, often in families of four or five together, they soon establish a distinct path clear of obstacles; crooked and tortuous yet keeping to the same general direction, and in most cases leading to some rapid or spri...
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