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The Red Fox Population of the Sacramento Valley: Artifact of Manifest Destiny or Endemic Anomaly? Part II
Written by Alessandra J. Moyer, fourth year, Integrative Biology Part II: A Wild West hypothesis In November 1923, the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology received a red fox specimen from the Sacramento Valley. This specimen represented a population that was previously unknown … Continue reading →
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Tagged Aryan Roest, Colusa County, fox hunting, holotype, Joseph Dixon, Joseph Grinnell, red fox, Sacramento Valley, Sam Lamme, Transcontinental Railroad, Vulpes vulpes
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The Red Fox Population of the Sacramento Valley: Artifact of Manifest Destiny or Endemic Anomaly? Part I
Written by Alessandra J. Moyer, fourth year, Integrative Biology Part I: The holotype Holotype: The single specimen (except in the case of a hapantotype,q.v.) designated or otherwise fixed as the name-bearing type of a nominal species or subspecies when the nominal … Continue reading →
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Tagged Colusa County, holotype, Joseph Dixon, Joseph Grinnell, red fox, Sacramento Valley, Sam Lamme, Vulpes vulpes
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Elmer Aldrich and a Lesson from Grinnell
Elmer Clare Aldrich (1914 – 2010), an MVZ graduate student under the tutelage of Joseph Grinnell from 1935 to 1938, devoted his life to the study and conservation of nature. After earning a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of … Continue reading →
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Tagged Cal Day, Elmer Aldrich, fieldwork, Joseph Grinnell
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Cal Day History Displays, Part 1: Snowbound
Decades before GPS units, cell phones and SUVs with 4-wheel drive, collectors valiantly journeyed into difficult terrain and remote, never-before-collected locations to bring valuable specimens back to the MVZ. With roads and settlements in these localities not yet constructed, such … Continue reading →
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Tagged Annie Alexander, Cal Day, Joseph Grinnell, Louise Kellogg
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