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University of New Mexico UNM Digital Repository Special Publications Museum of Southwestern Biology 3-24-1997 Life Among the Muses: Papers in Honor of James S. Findley Terry L. Yates William L. Gannon Don E. Wilson Terry Yates (ed.) Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/msb_special_publications Recommended Citation Yates, Terry L.; William L. Gannon; Don E. Wilson; and Terry Yates (ed.). "Life Among the Muses: Papers in Honor of James S. Findley." (1997). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/msb_special_publications/7 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Museum of Southwestern Biology at UNM Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Special Publications by an authorized administrator of UNM Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. SPECIAL PUBLICATION THE MUSEUM OF SOUTHWESTERN BIOLOGY NUMBER3,pp.l-290 24MARCH 1997 Life Among the Muses: Papers in Honor of james S. Findley Edited by: Terry L. Yates, William L. Gannon, and Don E. Wilson james Smith Findley, 1993, on his back porch in Corrales, New Mexico. iii Table of Contents Preface ........................................................................................................... iv Terry L. Yates The Academic Offspring of James S. Findley ........................................................... 1 Kenneth N. Geluso and Don E. Wilson Annotated Bibliography of James Smith Findley .................................................... 29 William L. Gannon and Don E. Wilson Biogeography of Baja California Peninsular Desert Mammals ............................... 39 David J. Hafner and Brett R. Riddle Annotated Checklist of the Recent Land Mammals of Sonora, Mexico ................. 69 William Caire On the Status of Neotoma varia from Isla Datil, Sonora ....................................... 81 Michael A. Bogan Systematics, Distribution, and Ecology of the Mammals of Catamarca Province, Argentina ......................................................................... 89 Michael A. Mares, Ricardo A. Ojeda, Janet K. Braun, and Ruben M. Barquez Similarity Coefficients and Relationships of Wisconsin-Age Faunas New Mexico and Trans-Pecos Texas .................................................................... 143 Arthur H. Harris Historical Implications and Characteristics of Assemblages of Small Mammals in West-Central Kansas ........................................................................................ 155 E.D. Fleharty and Rob Channell Mammal Species of Concern in New Mexico ...................................................... 179 Clyde Jones and C. Gregory Schmitt Non-Human Mortality, Injuries, and Possible Cannibalism in Utah Black Bears .............................................................................................. 207 Hal L. Black Skeletal Architecture of the Forelimbs in Kangaroo Rats (Heteromyidae: Dipodomys): Adaptations for Digging and Food Handling .................................. 215 Kerry S. Kilburn Puncturing Ability of Bat Canine Teeth: The Tip .................................................. 225 Patricia W. Freeman and William N. Weins The Effects of Daily and Seasonal Temperature Variation on a Model of Competing Lizard Species ................................................................................ 233 J.S. Scheibe. A Comparison of Morphometric Techniques to Distinguish Sympatric Mussel Species (Family Unionidae) with Similar Shell Morphology ................................ 249 Patricia Mehlhop and Richard L. Cifelli Evaluation of Methods for Permanently Marking Kangaroo Rats (Dipodomys: Heteromyidae) ................................................................................ 259 Daniel F. Williams, Walter Tordoff Ill, and David J. Germano Influence of Proximity to Rivers on Chipmunk Vocalization Patterns .......... ~ ...... 273 William L. Gannon Subnivean Foraging by Abert's Squirrels ............................................................. 287 Richard B. Forbes iv Preface TERRY l. YATES In Greek mythology, the Muses were nine goddesses who presided over the arts and sciences and provided a source of genius and inspiration for those who worked among them. Dr. James S. Findley often reflected on how conducting research and teaching activities in the Museum of Southwestern Biology was like living among the Muses. The ability to take current information beyond the obvious and to synthesize raw data into a vision for the future has been a hallmark of Jim's career, one which he shared freely with his many students. His belief in the value of research collections and his explorations of biological diversity have never faltered and persist today in his own active research program and in those of his academic offspring, which some have called The Findley Net. We hope the readers of this volume also will be touched by the Muses and, in tum, will better appreciate the impact that Professor Findley has· had on the biological sciences in general and the discipline of mammalogy in particular. The original idea for this volume was inspired by the retirement of Dr. Findley from UNM in 1992 and resulted from a meeting that Don Wilson and I had in Washington, DC. We decided to honor Jim with a symposium of papers to be given by former students. That event took place in October, 1992, at the Department of Biology's Sevilleta Field Station in the Middle Rio Grande Valley in New Mexico. Not all of Jim's graduate students were able to attend, but the number and diversity of papers presented was impressive. Don and I then invited Bill Gannon as a co-editor, and considered whether this publication should be focused on a specific area. We finally decided that to do so would be to lose much of the vision that Dr. Findley has for the impact that the field of mammalogy has on the rest of biology and his belief that graduate students should be free to develop their own ideas. That diversity is reflected in this volume and represents a testament to the breadth and depth of Professor Findley's influence. The volume is arranged into 17 chapters, all authored by at least one former student of Dr. Findley. A total of 27 authors contributed to the volume. The chapters are grouped loosely by disci pline, but the order of placement of disciplines within the book is more or less random. Although the range of subjects included here is impressive, it by no means reflects the range of activities repre sented by the Findley legacy. For example, not a single paper on reef fishes or the field camps required to study fish is listed here. The volume begins with an overview of the academic offspring of Professor Findley, followed by an annotated bibliography. Next are papers broadly defined as beloning to the field of systematics, including works in biodiversity, biogeography, and taxonomy. Then there are several papers in conservation biology. These papers reflect another of Jim's life-long interests, as his current involvement with the Nature Conservancy, the Corrales Bosque Reserve, and the State Legislature will attest. The remainder of the volume includes papers on natural history, functional morphology, ecol ogy, techniques, and behavior. Taxonomically, most chapters focus on mammals, but reptiles and mollusks are also represented. Despite the diversity oftopics covered by this Festschrift, they are all unified by the common influence of Professor Findley. We are particularly indebted to Associate Provost for Research Nasir Ahmed and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Michael Fischer for their support of this volume and the MSB Publica tion series in general. We would also like to acknowledge the efforts of Anne Rice, who handled all of the layout and typesetting for the volume and incorporated various rounds of corrections. We also wish to thank Fonceal Gutierrez for handling all correspondence and billing related to reprint and book orders. All manuscripts in this volume received independent, anonymous reviews. We would like to thank the following colleagues for their assistance in this regard: J. Scott Altenbach, Sydney Ander- v son, Troy Best, Michael Bogan, James Brown, Jerry Choate, James S. Findley, Lee Fitzgerald, Rich ard Forbes, Trish Freeman, Jennifer Frey, Kenneth Geluso, Hugh Genoways, David Hafner, Edward Reske, John Hubbard, Clyde Jones, Gordon Kirkland, Timothy Lawlor, Spencer Lucas, Manuel MoUes, Robert Parmenter, Michael Patrick, Travis Perry, Luis Ruedas, Greg Schmitt, Rick Smartt, Felisa Smith, William Stanley, and Patty Wilber. We also would like to thank Paul Polechla, Ellen Roots, Anne Brown, and Michael Bogan for a variety of technical assistance. We also thank the UNM Department of Biology for allowing the use of the field station for the original symposium, the Sevilleta Long-Term Ecological Research Program for logistical support, and Ted Stans and the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge for their continued collaboration. I ani particularly happy to see the publication of this volume honoring Jim Findley. Although I was not a graduate student of his, I have learned many things from him during the 18 years that have passed since he hired me to succeed him as Curator of Mammals at the MSB. I inherited a collection and a program with a firm foundation, rich in tradition. The science of mammalogy continues to benefit from the institution he began in New Mexico more than four decades ago. I, along with all of those who played a role in this volume, wish to express our appreciation and gratitude to Jim for