by Stephen D. Durrant
About this book
Additional Records and Extensions of Known Ranges of Mammals from Utah by Stephen D. Durrant delivers a compelling mid-century natural history account that documents new occurrences and range extensions for Utah’s mammal fauna. Drawing on roughly 5,000 specimens housed in the Museum of Zoology and field observations, this scientific monograph supplements Durrant’s 1952 Mammals of Utah by reporting two species not previously known from the state and expanding known distributions for many others. Detailed locality data—from the Abajo and La Sal Mountains to Elk Ridge and San Juan County—illustrate how careful specimen-based research and even a distinctive sight record (the water shrew) can shift our understanding of regional biogeography, sometimes by some 80 miles. Written in the tradition of zoology and mammalogy field studies and supported in part by National Science Foundation funding, the work situates these findings in their historical context while providing precise taxonomic and distributional notes valuable to researchers. Ideal for mammalogists, field naturalists, conservation biologists, and students of historical biogeography, this audiobook offers a concise, authoritative resource for anyone interested in Utah’s wildlife and the rigor of mid-20th-century natural history surveys.
