{"collection":"Native American","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/nam/ca/dow/dow75.htm","path":"nam/ca/dow/dow75.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/nam/ca/dow/dow75.htm","text":"The Dawn of the World, by C. Hart Merriam, [1910]\nFOR purposes of exact identification the scientific names of the mammals, birds, reptiles and a few other animals mentioned in the text are here given. Most of these were originally First People; they turned into animals at or about the time real people were created.\nThe Indian names of the First People who turned into these animals are given at the beginning of each story.\nAntelope, Antilocapra americana\nBadger, Taxidea taxus neglecta\nBear--See Black, Grizzly, and Cinnamon Bear\nBlack Bear, Ursus americanus (black phase)\nBobcat or Wildcat, Lynx fasciatus pallescens\nCinnamon Bear, Ursus americanus (brown or red phase)\nCougar, Felis hippolestes\nCoyote, Canis ochropus\nDeer, Columbia Blacktail, Odocoileus columbianus\nElk, Cervus nannodes (California Valley Elk)\nFox, See Gray Fox\nGopher, Thomomys--several species\nGray Tree Squirrel, Sciurus fossor\nGrizzly Bear, Ursus horribilis californicus\nGray Fox, Urocyon californicus\nKangaroo Rat, Perodipus streatori (of the Sierra foothills)\nMountain Lion--See Cougar\nRaccoon, Procyon psora\nSkunk (large kind), Mephitis occidentalis\nShrew, Sorex vagrans\nTimber-wolf, Canis\nWeasel, Putorius xanthogenys\nWhite-footed Mouse, Peromyscus gambeli\nWoodrat, Neotoma fuscipes streatori (of the Sierra foothills)\nBarn Owl, Aluco pratincola\nBlackbird, Redwing, Agelaius (considered the male) and Brewer Blackbird, Euphagus (considered the female)\nBluejay, California, Aphelocoma californica\nBluejay, Mountain or Crested, Cyanocitta stelleri frontalis\nCondor, Gymnogyps californianus\nCrow, Corvus brachyrhynchos hesperis\nDove, Zenaidura macroura carolinensis\nEagle, Bald or White-headed, Hali\u00e6etus leucocephalus\nEagle, Golden, Aquila chrysaetos\nFalcon, Peregrine or Duck-hawk, Falco peregrinus anatum\nFalcon, Prairie, Falco mexicanus\nGoose, Canada or Black-necked, Branta canadensis\nGoose, Gray, Anser albifrons gambeli\nGrebe (small) or Helldiver, Podilymbus podiceps\nHeron, Great Blue, Ardea herodias\nHumming-bird--several species\nMallard Duck, Anas platyrhynchos\nMeadowlark, Sturnella neglecta\nNuthatch, Sitta carolinensis aculeata\nOwl, Great Horned, Bubo virginianus pacificus\nQuail, California, Lophortyx californicus\nRaven, Corvus corax sinuatus\nRed-shafted Flicker, Colaptes cafer collaris\nRobin, Planesticus migratorius propinquus\nSandhill Crane, Grus mexicana\nSapsucker, Sphyrapicus ruber\nScreech Owl, Otus asio bendirei\nSpoonbill or Shoveler Duck, Spatula clypeata\nTurkey Buzzard, Cathartes aura septentrionalis\nWren, Tule, Telmatodytes palustris paludicola\nFrog, Rana draytoni\nLizard, Black, Sceloporus biseriatus (black phase)\nLizard, Blue-sided, Sceloporus occidentalis\nLizard, Fire, Crotophytus silus\nLizard, Little, Sceloporus graciosus\nRattlesnake, Crotalus lucifer\nToad, Bufo halophilus\nTurtle, Clemmys marmorata\nCommon Fly--several species\nPoison Spider, Lathrodectus mactens\nYellowjacket Wasp, Vespa (several species)\nMoney Clam (thick northern species), Saxidomus giganteus\nMoney Clam (common species), Saxidomus nuttalli\nAbalone, Haliotis (several species)","title":"The Dawn of the World: Scientific Names of the Animals","type":"page"}