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Description: |
x, 682 pages illustrations 25 cm |
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Bibliography Note: |
"List of references": pages 647-676 |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Introduction -- 1. The wild pig -- Peccary -- 2. The deer family -- Elk -- Whitetail deer -- Mule deer -- Blacktail deer -- Moose -- Caribou -- 3. The heliographer -- Antelope -- 4. Original American livestock -- Buffalo -- Muskox -- Bighorn -- Mountain goat -- 5. Survivors of ancient orders -- Opossum -- Armadillo -- 6. The insect hunters -- Mole -- Shrew -- 7. The flyer -- Bat -- 8. The bears -- Black bear -- Grizzly bear -- Polar bear -- 9. The bear's small cousins -- Raccoon -- Coati -- Ringtail -- 10. The musk-carriers -- Marten -- Fisher -- Weasel -- Wolverine -- The otter -- Sea otter -- Striped skunk -- Hog-nosed skunk -- Spotted skunk -- Badger -- 11. The wild dogs -- Red fox -- Kit fox -- Gray fox -- Gray fox -- Arctic fox -- Coyote -- Wolf. |
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Contents: 12. The cats -- The cougar -- Jaguar -- Ocelot -- Jaguarundi -- Lynx -- Bobcat -- 13. The finfeet -- Fur seal -- Sea lion -- The earless seals -- Sea elephant -- Walrus -- 14. The 'chucks and ground squirrels -- Woodchuck -- Marmot -- Columbian ground squirrel -- Striped ground squirrel -- Rock squirrel -- Antelope squirrel -- Golden-mantled ground squirrel -- Prairie dog -- 15. The chipmunks and squirrels -- Eastern chipmunk -- Western chipmunk -- Red squirrel -- Gray squirrel -- Tassel-eared squirrel -- Fox squirrel -- Flying squirrel -- 16. Chisel-teeth (part 1) -- Pocket gopher -- Spiny mouse -- Pocket mouse -- Kangaroo rat -- Beaver -- Grasshopper mouse -- Harvest mouse -- White-footed mouse -- Rice rat -- Cotton rat -- Wood rat -- 17. Chisel-teeth (part 2) -- Lemming -- Meadow mouse -- Muskrat -- House mouse -- House rat -- Mountain beaver -- Jumping mouse -- Porcupine. |
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Contents: 18. The hares and rabbits -- Pika -- Varying hare -- Arctic hare -- Jack rabbit -- Cottontail rabbit -- 19. The vanishing mermaid -- The manatee -- 20. Two seafarers -- The whale -- Dolphin -- List of references -- References to specific mammals -- Index. |