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Informationen zum Autor Donna Naughton, a biologist at the Canadian Museum of Nature, has collected, illustrated, photographed, and studied mammals for over thirty years. She has been a principal contributor to Mammals: An Explore Your World Handbook and the Handbook of Canadian Mammals series. Klappentext Comprehensive and immensely valuable, The Natural History of Canadian Mammals will become a treasured companion for scientific researchers, animal lovers, and all those wishing to gain a greater appreciation of Canada’s natural wonders. Zusammenfassung Comprehensive and immensely valuable, The Natural History of Canadian Mammals will become a treasured companion for scientific researchers, animal lovers, and all those wishing to gain a greater appreciation of Canada’s natural wonders. Inhaltsverzeichnis Abbreviated Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgements Introduction List of Acronyms and Initialisms Species Accounts: 1. Order Didelphimorphia: New World opossums 2. Order Primates: apes and monkeys 3. Order Rodentia: rodents 4. Order Lagomorpha: pikas, hares and rabbits 5. Order Soricomorpha: shrews and moles 6. Order Chiroptera: bats 7. Order Carnivora: carnivores 8. Order Perissodactyla: horses and other odd-toes ungulates 9. Order Artiodactyla: deer,cattle and other even-toes ungulates 10. Order Cetacea: whales, dolphins and porpoises Domestic mammals Appendix 1: Identification of shrew skulls Appendix 2: Identification of voles, lemmings and muskrat skulls Appendix 3: List of colour art ascribed to artist Appendix 4: Scientific names of plants and animals mentioned in the text Glossary Bibliography Index
