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Description: |
221 pages illustrations (some color), maps 20 cm. |
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Language Note: |
Translation of Zoogdierengids van Europa ten westen van 30° oosterlengte. |
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General Note: |
"Sponsored by the National Audubon Society and National Wildlife Federation." |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-215) and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: [Part 1] Insectivore: Insectivora -- Hedgehogs: Erinaceidae -- Shrews: Soricidae -- Moles: Talpidae -- [Part 2] Bats: Chiroptera -- Hollow-faced bats: Nycteridae -- Horseshoe bats: Rhinolophidae -- Typical (insect-eating) bats: Vespertilionidae -- Free-tailed bats: Molossidae -- [Part 3] Apes: Primates -- Old world monkeys: Cercopithecidae -- [Part 4] Rabbits, hares and pikas -- Rabbits and hares: Leporidae -- Rodents: Rodentia -- Squirrels: Sciuridae -- Beavers: Castoridae -- Dormice: Gliridae -- Hamsters: Cricetidae -- Voles: Microtidae -- Mice and rats: Muridae -- Mole rats: Spalacidae -- Jumping mice: Zapodidae -- Porcupines: Hystricidae -- Coypus: Myocastoridae -- [Part 5] Carnivores: Carnivora -- Dogs: Canidae -- Bears: Ursidae -- Raccoons: Procyonidae -- Martens: Mustelidae -- Mongooses and civets: Viverridae -- Cats: Felidae -- Walruses: Obobenidae -- Seals: Phocidae -- [Part 6] Odd-toed ungulates: Perissodactyla -- Horses: Equidae -- [Part 7] Even-toed ungulates: Artiodactyla -- Pigs: Suidae -- Deer: Cervidae -- Bovines: Bovidae -- [Part 8] Toothed whales: Odontoceti -- Beaked whales: Ziphiidae -- Sperm whales: Physeteridae -- Dolphins: Delphinidae -- Porpoises: Phocaenidae -- White whales: Monodontidae -- [Part 9] Baleen or whale-bone whales: Mystacoceti -- Grey whales: Eschrichtiidae (=Rhachionectidae) -- Fin whales: Balaenopteridae -- Rights whales: Blaenidae. |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Online version: Brink, F.H. van den. Zoogdierengids van Europa ten westen van 30° oosterlengte. English. Field guide to the mammals of Britain and Europe. [1st American ed.]. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1968 [©1967] (OCoLC)656204046 |
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Series Added Entry: |
Peterson field guide series ; 17. |