Mammals of the Katmai National Monument, Alaska

Abstract

Contains a description of the area at the base of Alaska Peninsula, (approx. 1700 sq mi estab. in 1918, and subsequently extended), and of the field work. Records are given of 16 species collected and a similar number sighted. Occurrence and distribution, habitat and food, parasites, habits, etc., are discussed. Fieldwork was carried out by Schiller in summers 1953, 1954, and taxonomic work by Rausch, as part of a research program initiated by the U.S. Park Service.