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A. K. Fisher responds to Robert Bridges’s inquiries about squirrel species. Spermophilus annulatus does not occur north of Mexico, spermophilus armatus occurs in the Wasatch and Uinta Mountains and Yellowstone Park, and the similar spermophilus elegans is found in Colorado. Citellus is the more commonly used generic word for spermophilus.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-08-19
Gifford Pinchot writes to Vice President Roosevelt with a proposed itinerary for an eight to ten week trip to explore the forests and irrigation of the West. Frederick Haynes Newell of the United States Geological Survey has proposed to Pinchot a way in which press coverage could be controlled.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-03-27
With Theodore Roosevelt’s assistance, C. Hart Merriam has been able to reach a conclusion regarding the bobcats of the southern Rocky Mountain region. Merriam was interested in seeing large skulls from Colorado to see if they match specimens from the Uinta Mountains. Merriam thanks Roosevelt for his contribution to the Biological Survey, and asks to keep some of the skulls. Merriam also responds to Roosevelt’s request for information about deer. Merriam has not been able to obtain a white-tailed deer specimen from any location in the far west.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-05-18