By Samuel I. Zeveloff
8vo, 1988, PP.365, initially released As Mammals Of California In 1947
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This has caused the blocks to tilt toward the faults, resulting in their exposed ends becoming mountaintops. Page 11 Faulting responsible for this basin and range formation has been dated back to the late Miocene, about eight million years ago. Even now, the entire area is being stretched apart, an event which has played a key role in this geological turmoil. The area was termed the Great Basin by the great explorer John C. Frémont. It is actually only the northern part of a much larger geological area, the Basin and Range Province.
I will be eternally grateful to them. C. Page 1 Mammals of the Intermountain West Page 2 Page 3 Introduction The Intermountain WestThe Region and Its Boundaries The Intermountain West is not an easy area to define. Although most people have a general idea of what it refers to, they would probably become flustered if asked to come up with precise boundaries for the region. This is partially because the term is more often used to describe a commercial or political region rather than a geographical or ecological entity.
Burt and R. P. Grossenheider, J. O. , or O. J. Murie cited in the general references list. Three of the accounts deal with species that have been introduced to the region: the opossum, the horse, and the burro. Each is significant in different ways, topics which are fully explored in the accounts. The opossum, the continent's only marsupial north of Mexico, is continually expanding its range and might eventually play an important role in the region's ecology. The horse and the burro each already have a great impact on the habitat and other species where they occur.