Allen, J. A. - Mammals from the Athabaska-Mackenzie Region (1910)

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Allen, J. A. - Mammals from the Athabaska-Mackenzie Region (1910)

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Author: Allen, J. A. and Ernest Thompson Seton and Edward Alexander Preble

Title: Mammals from the Athabaska-Mackenzie Region of Canada

Year: 1910

Publisher: New York: Published by order of the Trustees, American Museum of Natural History.  Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 28, article 2.

Pages: 5

Source: American Museum of Natural History

Related:  "The Arctic Prairies: A Canoe Journey of 2,000 Miles" (Seton 1912).

Description: "During the summer of 1907 Mr. E. Thompson Seton, accompanied by Mr. Edward A. Preble of the Biological Survey as assistant, made an expedition to the Barren Grounds in the vicinity of Aylmer Lake, Mackenzie District, for the purpose of natural history exploration.  Their route was by way of the Athabaska River, Slave River, Great Slave Lake, and the chain of lakes northeastward to Aylmer Lake.  The birds and mammals obtained on this trip were purchased for this Museum [the American Museum of Natural History] ... which comprise about 270 specimens, and represent 25 species" (1910:7).



 

 
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