Mammals of North America

Description

Mammals of North America illustrates all 462 known mammal species in the United States and Canada--each in beautiful color and accurate detail. With a more up-to-date species list than any other guide, improved facing-page descriptions, easier-to-read distribution maps, updated common and scientific names, and track and scat illustrations, this slim, light, and easy-to-use volume is the must-have source for identifying North American mammals.;Artist's credits -- About the Author -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Species Plates -- Plate 1. Opossum and Armadillo -- Plate 2. Eastern Sorex -- Plate 3. Northern Shrews -- Plate 4. Aquatic Shrews and Skulls -- Plate 5. Inland Sorex with Skulls -- Plate 6. Coastal Sorex with Skulls -- Plate 7. Other Shrews -- Plate 8. Western Moles -- Plate 9. Eastern Moles -- Plate 10. Pikas -- Plate 11. Western Cottontails -- Plate 12. Pygmy Rabbits and Short-eared Cottontails -- Plate 13. Eastern Cottontails -- Plate 14. Northern Hares -- Plate 15. Jackrabbits -- Plate 16. Porcupine and Sewellel -- Plate 17. Large Aquatic Rodents -- Plate 18. Marmots -- Plate 19. Eastern and Tropical Tree Squirrels -- Plate 20. Western Tree Squirrels -- Plate 21. Red and Flying Squirrels -- Plate 22. Prairie Dogs -- Plate 23. Large, Spotted Ground Squirrels -- Plate 24. Bushy-tailed, Flecked Ground Squirrels -- Plate 25. Thin-tailed, Unmarked Ground Squirrels -- Plate 26. Small, Spotted Ground Squirrels -- Plate 27. Stripy Ground Squirrels -- Plate 28. Eastern and Rocky Mountain Chipmunks -- Plate 29. Southwest Chipmunks -- Plate 30. Southern California Chipmunks -- Plate 31. Northwestern Coastal Chipmunks -- Plate 32. Northwestern Inland Chipmunks -- Plate 33. Northern Thomomys -- Plate 34. Cratogeomys and Southern Thomomys -- Plate 35. Geomys -- Plate 36. Western Desert Perognathus -- Plate 37. Great Plains Perognathus -- Plate 38. Liomys and Spiny Chaetodipus -- Plate 39. Smooth Chaetodipus -- Plate 40. Kangaroo Mice and Small Four-toed Kangaroo Rats -- Plate 41. Large Four-toed Kangaroo Rats -- Plate 42. Mid-California Five-toed Kangaroo Rats -- Plate 43. Southern California Five-toed Kangaroo Rats -- Plate 44. Other Five-toed Kangaroo Rats -- Plate 45. Jumping Mice -- Plate 46. Eastern and Central Woodrats -- Plate 47. Furry-tailed Woodrats -- Plate 48. Woodrats and Rattus -- Plate 49. Grasshopper Mice and Oryzomys -- Plate 50. Central and Eastern Tiny Mice -- Plate 51. House and Western Tiny Mice -- Plate 52. Northern Deermice -- Plate 53. Southeastern Peromyscus and Relatives.;Plate 54. Far West Peromyscus -- Plate 55. Peromyscus truei and boylii Groups -- Plate 56. Sigmodon -- Plate 57. Arborimus Voles -- Plate 58. Red-backed Voles -- Plate 59. Coastal Microtus -- Plate 60. Other Western Voles -- Plate 61. Northern Voles -- Plate 62. Typical Voles -- Plate 63. Eastern Voles and Bog Lemmings -- Plate 64. Northern Lemmings -- Plate 65. Ghost and Leaf-nosed Bats -- Plate 66. Molossid Bats -- Plate 67. Lasiurine Bats -- Plate 68. Giant-eared Bats -- Plate 69. Longer-eared Myotis -- Plate 70. Western Myotis 1 -- Plate 71. Western Myotis 2 -- Plate 72. Eastern Myotis -- Plate 73. Other Eastern Bats -- Plate 76. Temperate Cats -- Plate 76. Temperate Cats -- Plate 77. Tropical Cats -- Plate 78. Canis -- Plate 79. Smaller Foxes -- Plate 80. Larger Foxes -- Plate 81. Bears -- Plate 82. Procyonids -- Plate 83. Aquatic Mustelids -- Plate 84. Big Mustelids -- Plate 85. Mustela -- Plate 86. Spotted and Hog-nosed Skunks -- Plate 87. Mephitis -- Plate 88. Otariid Seals -- Plate 89. Phocid Seals -- Plate 90. Grayish Seals -- Plate 91. Big Seals and Manatee -- Plate 92. Antelopes and Pigs -- Plate 93. Goats and Sheep -- Plate 94. Bison and Nilgai -- Plate 95. Arctic Ungulates -- Plate 96. Elk and Moose -- Plate 97. Native Deer -- Plate 98. Exotic Ungulates -- Plate 99. Large Whales without Dorsal Fins -- Plate 100. Enormous Whales with Dorsal Fins -- Plate 101. Large Whales with Dorsal Fins -- Plate 102. Small White and Gray Whales -- Plate 103. Black Dolphins -- Plate 104. Unstriped, Beaked Dolphins -- Plate 105. Striped, Beaked Dolphins -- Plate 106. Striped, Blunt-nosed Dolphins and Porpoises -- Plates 107. and 108. Bow-riding Dolphins and Whales -- Plate 109. Beaked Whales -- Plate 110. Heads of Male Mesoplodon -- Plates 111. and 112. Whale and Dolphin Dive Sequences (not to scale) -- Plate 113. Carnivore Scats -- Plate 114. Vegetarian Scats -- Glossary -- Appendix. Plate 54. Far West Peromyscus -- Plate 55. Peromyscus truei and boylii Groups -- Plate 56. Sigmodon -- Plate 57. Arborimus Voles -- Plate 58. Red-backed Voles -- Plate 59. Coastal Microtus -- Plate 60. Other Western Voles -- Plate 61. Northern Voles -- Plate 62. Typical Voles -- Plate 63. Eastern Voles and Bog Lemmings -- Plate 64. Northern Lemmings -- Plate 65. Ghost and Leaf-nosed Bats -- Plate 66. Molossid Bats -- Plate 67. Lasiurine Bats -- Plate 68. Giant-eared Bats -- Plate 69. Longer-eared Myotis -- Plate 70. Western Myotis 1 -- Plate 71. Western Myotis 2 -- Plate 72. Eastern Myotis -- Plate 73. Other Eastern Bats -- Plate 76. Temperate Cats -- Plate 76. Temperate Cats -- Plate 77. Tropical Cats -- Plate 78. Canis -- Plate 79. Smaller Foxes -- Plate 80. Larger Foxes -- Plate 81. Bears -- Plate 82. Procyonids -- Plate 83. Aquatic Mustelids -- Plate 84. Big Mustelids -- Plate 85. Mustela -- Plate 86. Spotted and Hog-nosed Skunks -- Plate 87. Mephitis -- Plate 88. Otariid Seals -- Plate 89. Phocid Seals -- Plate 90. Grayish Seals -- Plate 91. Big Seals and Manatee -- Plate 92. Antelopes and Pigs -- Plate 93. Goats and Sheep -- Plate 94. Bison and Nilgai -- Plate 95. Arctic Ungulates -- Plate 96. Elk and Moose -- Plate 97. Native Deer -- Plate 98. Exotic Ungulates -- Plate 99. Large Whales without Dorsal Fins -- Plate 100. Enormous Whales with Dorsal Fins -- Plate 101. Large Whales with Dorsal Fins -- Plate 102. Small White and Gray Whales -- Plate 103. Black Dolphins -- Plate 104. Unstriped, Beaked Dolphins -- Plate 105. Striped, Beaked Dolphins -- Plate 106. Striped, Blunt-nosed Dolphins and Porpoises -- Plates 107. and 108. Bow-riding Dolphins and Whales -- Plate 109. Beaked Whales -- Plate 110. Heads of Male Mesoplodon -- Plates 111. and 112. Whale and Dolphin Dive Sequences (not to scale) -- Plate 113. Carnivore Scats -- Plate 114. Vegetarian Scats -- Glossary -- Appendix. Artist's credits -- About the Author -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Species Plates -- Plate 1. Opossum and Armadillo -- Plate 2. Eastern Sorex -- Plate 3. Northern Shrews -- Plate 4. Aquatic Shrews and Skulls -- Plate 5. Inland Sorex with Skulls -- Plate 6. Coastal Sorex with Skulls -- Plate 7. Other Shrews -- Plate 8. Western Moles -- Plate 9. Eastern Moles -- Plate 10. Pikas -- Plate 11. Western Cottontails -- Plate 12. Pygmy Rabbits and Short-eared Cottontails -- Plate 13. Eastern Cottontails -- Plate 14. Northern Hares -- Plate 15. Jackrabbits -- Plate 16. Porcupine and Sewellel -- Plate 17. Large Aquatic Rodents -- Plate 18. Marmots -- Plate 19. Eastern and Tropical Tree Squirrels -- Plate 20. Western Tree Squirrels -- Plate 21. Red and Flying Squirrels -- Plate 22. Prairie Dogs -- Plate 23. Large, Spotted Ground Squirrels -- Plate 24. Bushy-tailed, Flecked Ground Squirrels -- Plate 25. Thin-tailed, Unmarked Ground Squirrels -- Plate 26. Small, Spotted Ground Squirrels -- Plate 27. Stripy Ground Squirrels -- Plate 28. Eastern and Rocky Mountain Chipmunks -- Plate 29. Southwest Chipmunks -- Plate 30. Southern California Chipmunks -- Plate 31. Northwestern Coastal Chipmunks -- Plate 32. Northwestern Inland Chipmunks -- Plate 33. Northern Thomomys -- Plate 34. Cratogeomys and Southern Thomomys -- Plate 35. Geomys -- Plate 36. Western Desert Perognathus -- Plate 37. Great Plains Perognathus -- Plate 38. Liomys and Spiny Chaetodipus -- Plate 39. Smooth Chaetodipus -- Plate 40. Kangaroo Mice and Small Four-toed Kangaroo Rats -- Plate 41. Large Four-toed Kangaroo Rats -- Plate 42. Mid-California Five-toed Kangaroo Rats -- Plate 43. Southern California Five-toed Kangaroo Rats -- Plate 44. Other Five-toed Kangaroo Rats -- Plate 45. Jumping Mice -- Plate 46. Eastern and Central Woodrats -- Plate 47. Furry-tailed Woodrats -- Plate 48. Woodrats and Rattus -- Plate 49. Grasshopper Mice and Oryzomys -- Plate 50. Central and Eastern Tiny Mice -- Plate 51. House and Western Tiny Mice -- Plate 52. Northern Deermice -- Plate 53. Southeastern Peromyscus and Relatives.