The Mammals
of Texas - Online Edition
Appendix VI.
Basis for distribution
of species.
Each species account in this book
includes a description of the distribution of the species
in Texas, and most accounts include a map of the
distribution in Texas based on known county records. The
distribution for each species is based on the following
types of data:
1) Specimens collected in Texas and
held in various museums.
2) Records in published scientific
literature.
3) Survey response records of
trappers in Texas (furbearers).
4) Texas Department of Health
records (bats).
5) Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department distribution files and field
biologists reports.
6) Records of the Texas Marine
Mammal Stranding Network (cetaceans).
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