Zoology

Synopsis and classification of living organisms.
Sybil P. Parker, editor in chief. New York : McGraw-Hill, 1982. 2v.
Provides systematic positions of all living organisms down to the family level. Index is located in volume 2 and contains both common and scientific names. Length of entries varies--sometimes just the name is mentioned (though references for the taxon immediately superior may be relevant) May be a brief overview of the organism's characteristics, biology and ecology, as well as literature references.
Valley Reference QH83 .S89

General:

Guide to reference and information sources in the zoological sciences 2003. (Valley Reference QL45.2 .S36 2003)

Birds:

• Birds of North America: Life Histories for the 21st Century  Valley Reference QL681 B625 -- Will eventually encompass individual species accounts for the 700 bird species nesting in the United States and Canada.  See also, Birds of North America (Database from Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
• Sibley's Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world
  Valley Reference QL677 .S531 1990
• Sibley's Supplement to Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world Valley Reference QL677 .S531 1990 sup.--Taxonomic list of birds based on use of DNA and DNA hybridization analysis.
• Field guide to the birds of North America.
  Valley Reference QL681 .F531 1999

Fish

• Encyclopedia of fishes.
  Valley Reference QL614.7 .E521 1998
• Fishes of the world
  Valley Reference QL618 .N4 1994
• List of common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada = Special publication / American Fisheries Society ; no. 12  Valley Reference SH1 .A49 no.12
  All species of known freshwater fish of the United States and Canada are covered as well as species along the continental shelf to a depth of 200 meters.
  

Amphibians and Reptiles

• Amphibians and reptiles of the Pacific Northwest.
  Valley Reference QL653.N95 N87 1983  
• Complete guide to scientific and common names of reptiles and amphibians of the world.
  Valley Reference QL645 .F731 1995

Mammals

• Mammals of North America
  Valley Reference QL715 .K38 2002
• Mammals of the Pacific Northwest: from the coast to the high Cascades.
  Valley Reference QL201 .M37 1998
• Land Mammals of Oregon
  Valley Reference QL719 .O7 V474 1998
• Mammalian species -- Will eventually encompass species accounts for all species of mammals. Valley Reference QL700 .M3 (1969+) Available online at: http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-archive&issn=1545-1410
• Mammals Species of the World (3rd Edition) Valley Reference QL708 .M35 2005 Avalable on line at http://vertebrates.si.edu/mammals/msw/
• National Audubon Society field guide to North American mammals --Descriptions include common and scientific name, description, similar species, breeding, sign, habitat, range and information on natural history.  Valley Reference QL715 .W49 1996
• Walker's mammals of the world. -- Comprehensive account of recent genera of mammals arranged by taxonomic classification. Valley Reference QL703 .W222 1999