Mammals of Colorado

Description

Introduction; 1: Environments of Colorado; 2: Mammals in General; 3: History of Mammals and Mammalogy in Colorado; 4: People and Wildlife; 5: Order didelphimorphia; 6: Order Cingulata; 7: Order Primates; 8: Order rodentia; 9: Order Lagomorpha; 10: Order Soricomorpha; 11: Order Chiroptera; 12: Order Carnivora; 13: Order Perissodactyla; 14: Order Artiodactyla; Appendix A- The Metric System; Appendix B- Glossary; Literature Cited; Index.;Co-published with the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Thoroughly revised and updated, Mammals of Colorado, Second Edition is a comprehensive reference on the nine orders and 128 species of Colorado's recent native fauna, detailing each species' description, habitat, distribution, population ecology, diet and foraging, predators and parasites, behavior, reproduction and development, and population status. An introductory chapter on Colorado's environments, a discussion of the development of the fauna over geologic time, and a brief history of human knowledge of Coloradan mammals provide e. Introduction 1: Environments of Colorado 2: Mammals in General 3: History of Mammals and Mammalogy in Colorado 4: People and Wildlife 5: Order didelphimorphia 6: Order Cingulata 7: Order Primates 8: Order rodentia 9: Order Lagomorpha 10: Order Soricomorpha 11: Order Chiroptera 12: Order Carnivora 13: Order Perissodactyla 14: Order Artiodactyla Appendix A- The Metric System Appendix B- Glossary Literature Cited Index.