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Adler, Bill, 127 Aengus, 147 Aesculus, 122 agouti, 41–42, 44 alarm call, 56–57, 60, 62–66, 142 albinism, 42–43, 142 albino, 38, 42, 44 alleles, 41–42 Allen, Durward, 152 Alpinia kwangsiensis, 105 altricial, 98 altruistic, 85 Amanita muscaria, 104 Amanita phalloides, 104 Ammospermophilus, 4, 27, 77, 99; harrisii, 99; leucurus, 20, 77 Ando, Motokazu, 36 antelope squirrel, 4, 7, 27, 70 ants, 104 Armitage, Kenneth, 49–50, 82, 153 army ants, 59 astragalus, 3, 19 Austad, Steven, 101 bacteria, 86–87 baculum, 16, 18 ball-chain collars, 156 Bambi, 148 Barash, David, 61–62, 153 Barbera, Hanna, 144 bark gleaner, 16, 74, 105 bark stripping, 124 Barkalow, Fred, 55, 96, 100, 114, 126, 152 Barro Colorado Island, 72 behavior, 49–52, 55–56, 60, 63, 66–67, 78, 85, 87, 92–93, 104–6, 111–12, 114, 117, 142, 145, 148, 150, 155 Benkman, Craig, 89 Bezuidenhout, Abraham, 154 blind spot, 61 Blumstein, Daniel, 49, 64 body fat, 56, 77, 80, 97, 103, 108, 110 Borges, Renee, 153 bot flies, 86 Boutin, Stan, 135 brain size, 154 bruchid beetle, 121 Bryant, Andrew, 133 Bryant, William Cullen, 146 Bumiller, Elisabeth, 124 Burroughs, John, 29, 148, 151 bush squirrel, 7, 14, 19, 20, 73, 104, 155; green, 98 calcaneus, 3, 19 Callosciurinae, 13–19 Callosciurus, 17, 41–43, 47, 58, 64, 73–74, 125, 138, 155; caniceps, 74; erythraeus, 138; ferrugineus , 41; finlaysonii, 41–42, 47; melanogaster, 58; nigrovittatus, 74; notatus, 73; prevostii, 17, 42, 47, 73 camouflage, 41, 58–59, 66 Candlemas, 143 cannibalism, 105 Carya, 122 Castanea, 122 Castanopsis, 122 cecum, 106 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 130 Chambers, Whittaker, 148 cheek pouch, 20, 27–28 Cherokee, 142 chickaree, 40 chimpanzee, 84 Chip and Dale, 144 chipmunk, 4, 7, 9, 14, 16–17, 19–20, 26–28, 30, 41–44, 50, 59, 63–64, 70, 72, 80–81, 86, 93–94, 103, 108, 110; eastern, 9, 28, 41–42, 63–64, 72, 153; least, xiii, 16; Siberian, 138; yellow pine, 113 cicada, 103 Cinderella, 143 clade, 11 climate change, 134, 138 coat color, 38, 40–41, 43–47, 117, 155 coat patterns, 43 cocoa, 125 color gene, 42 color vision, 26–27 cone: of the eyes, 27; of the teeth, 2; of trees, 88–89, 102, 104, 108–10, 136, 150 Corylus, 122 Coss, Richard, 67 coterie, 70, 85–86, 94–95 countercurrent, 6 counter-shading, 43, 58 cowpox, 87 Crosby, Ernest, 146–47 cryptomeria, xiii Cynomys, xiv, 4, 20; leucurus, 20; ludovicianus, xiv Index Death Angel mushroom, 104 deltoid muscle, 4, 20 Devenport, Jill, 112 diastema, 2 Douglas fir, 102 Douglassciurus jeffersoni, 23 eagle, golden, 120 ectoparasites, 49, 86 Eliot, George, 150 Elliot, Philip, 89 Elliott, Lang, 64 Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 144–45, 149 Emmons, Louise, 16, 64, 73, 75, 98, 106, 108, 153, 155 Emry, Robert, 23 endorhyzal fungi, 122 endotherms, 79 Eocene, 13, 23 Epixerus, 20, 73, 153; ebii, 73 eumelanin, 41, 42 Eupetaurus cinereus, 9, 17, 31, 37, 105, 154 Evans, Howard, 154 Exilisciurus, 17, 25, 105; whiteheadi, 17 eye lens, 26 eye rings, 44 eyesight, 42–43, 118 Fagus, 122 Fairbairn, Douglas, 149 fatty acids, 80, 104 feeding, 102 ferret, black-footed, 84, 120 fetid marigold, 121 Field Museum, xiii figs, 104 fleas, 86, 87, 116 Fly Amanita mushroom, 104 Flyger, Vagn, 28, 119, 129 flying squirrel: complex-toothed, 9, 154; Japanese, 118; Japanese giant, xiii, 36–37, 118, 154; pygmy, 17, 32, 34, 134–35, 154; Siberian, 118; woolly, 17, 37, 69, 105, 154 follicle, 41 foods, 102 fovea centralis, 27 fox, 84, 121, 129–30; swift, 120 Frazer, Sir James, 142 frogs, 104 Funambulus, 16–18, 43, 122, 138–39, 141, 155; palmarum, 141, 155; pennantii, 18 fungal spores, 122 fungi, 104–5, 122, 124 Funisciurus, 20, 21, 43, 73, 87, 153, 155; anerythrus, 73; isabella, 73; lemniscatus, 73; pyrropus, 73, 155 genes, 12, 19, 40–43, 84–85 genetic, 21, 41, 44 Gerhardt, Fritz, 109, 152 Gesner, Conrad, 148 gestation, 59, 95, 98 giant, 32 glacial refugia, 76 Glanz, Bill, 72 Glaucomys, 9, 10, 34, 36, 72, 81, 82, 84, 102, 104, 118–20, 154; sabrinus, 9, 36, 72, 82, 104, 118, 120, 154; volans, 10, 34, 36, 72, 81, 84, 102, 118–19, 154 gliding, 31 global warming, 134–36 Golden Bough, 142 goshawk, 120 Great Plains ecosystem, 120 ground squirrel: African striped, 95, 125; African unstriped, 95; Arctic, 120, 122, 123; California, 64, 66–67, 99, 103; Columbian, 55, 97, 153; golden mantled, 95...

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