APPENDIX 7
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 the state. Distributions are based on documented county records or other sources of data, including

1. specimens collected in Texas and held in various museums;
2. records in published scientific literature;
3. Texas Department of State Health Services records (bats);
4. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department distribution files, field biologists' reports, confirmed sightings and mortality records, and hunting season reports; and
5. records of the Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program National Database (cetaceans).

 

From The Mammals of Texas, Seventh Edition by David J. Schmidly and Robert D. Bradley, copyright © 1994, 2004, 2016.  Courtesy of the University of Texas Press.