At 03:27 PM 6/25/99 EDT, you wrote:
>Several 'tweets' replied privately with that question yesterday.
>
Mt. Boomer is another nickname -- Why Boomer? Also the Mt. Beaver is host
to the largest flea occuring on North America mammals. MtB is home for
other host specific ectoparasites.

Host specfic ectoparasites and a taxonomic classification of a species
specific genus are indicators of long taxonomic history as a s distinct
species lacking close living relatives.. Close relatives occur as fossils
found in Asia. Hows that for mammalian trivia for Birders? Bill