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Title: Mammals of Northwestern South Dakota

Author: Kenneth W. Andersen

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UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

Vol. 19, No. 5, pp. 361-393, 8 figs.
January 18, 1971

Mammals of Northwestern South Dakota

KENNETH W. ANDERSEN and J. KNOX JONES, JR.

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

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words in bold. Words surrounded by underscores, like _this_, signifies
words in italics.]

Mammals of Northwestern South Dakota

BY

KENNETH W. ANDERSEN and J. KNOX JONES, JR.

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 (Fig. 1).
The county first was organized in 1881, but the present boundaries were
not fixed until 1908. Physiographically, it lies in that part of the
Missouri Plateau frequently termed the "Cretaceous Table Lands." The
general topography is one of rolling hills and flats--mostly range land
vegetated by short grasses and sage--broken by spectacular