Guidelines for the Capture, Handling, and Care of Mammals as Approved by the American Society of Mammalogists

INTRODUCTION _ ........................................................... _ 1416 Background and history.... ... . ............... . .. ................. .. . . . .. 1416 Field work in mammalogy ............................................... 1417 Why mammalogists collect specimens ..................................... 1418 What is an adequate sample? ............................................. 1418 Sampling in threatened habitats ........................................... 1418