Project Gutenberg 2006-03-11 Public domain in the USA. 119 Vorhies, Charles Taylor 1879 1949 Taylor, Walter P. (Walter Penn) 1888 1972 Life History of the Kangaroo Rat United States Department of Agriculture Bulletin No. 1091 Produced by David Starner, Sigal Alon and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Life History of the Kangaroo Rat" by Charles T. Vorhies and Walter P. Taylor is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. This work focuses on the biological and ecological aspects of the banner-tailed kangaroo rat ("Dipodomys spectabilis spectabilis"), detailing its behaviors, habitat, diet, and impact on agriculture and ecosystems. It offers insights into the broader context of rodent populations, particularly their effects on agriculture and grazing land in the southwestern United States. At the start of the publication, the authors discuss the significance of studying rodent groups due to their economic impact, citing substantial losses in agricultural areas attributable to various rodents. The introduction covers the background of their research, the methods used, and the importance of understanding the life history of individual species to inform ecological and agricultural management. They outline the contents of the paper, emphasizing the habitat and habits of the kangaroo rat. The opening segments suggest a detailed exploration of the species' identification, behavior, and environmental interactions, setting the stage for a comprehensive study of this unique animal. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Kangaroo rats QL Text Animal Animals-Wild-Mammals Biology Browsing: Nature/Gardening/Animals Browsing: Science - Genetics/Biology/Evolution 174444 174400 2024-09-08T05:28:51.876637 2023-09-08T07:49:54.957576 text/html text/html 169226 2006-03-11T08:31:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2462016 2006-03-11T08:31:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 2788481 2024-09-08T05:28:58.959655 application/epub+zip 2788807 2024-09-08T05:28:54.162631 application/epub+zip 118220 2024-09-08T05:28:52.584689 application/epub+zip 3059660 2024-09-08T05:29:02.264600 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3034874 2024-09-08T05:28:57.736650 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 248238 2022-09-08T13:57:47.047826 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 136637 136540 2024-09-08T05:28:51.173674 2023-09-08T07:49:54.289579 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 136634 2006-03-11T08:31:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 48376 2006-03-11T08:31:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 136633 2006-03-11T08:31:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 48352 2006-03-11T08:31:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20894 2024-09-08T05:29:02.418603 application/rdf+xml 18042 2024-09-08T05:28:52.951636 image/jpeg 4476 2024-09-08T05:28:52.767666 image/jpeg 2532653 2024-09-08T05:28:51.949669 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog