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Description: |
xxiv, 365 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-355) and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Partial contents: The intermountain West -- the region and its boundaries -- The provinces of the intermountain West -- The class Mammalia -- Mammal distributions in the intermountain West -- The Marsupials -- Order Marsupialia -- The insectivores -- Order Insectivora -- The Bats -- Order Chiroptera -- Leaf-nosed Bats -- Family Phyllostomatidae -- Evening Bats -- Family Vespertillionidae -- Free-tailed Bats -- Family Molossidae -- The Pikas, Rabbits, and Hares -- Order Lagomorpha -- Pikas -- Family Ochotonidae -- Rabbits and Hares -- Family Leporidae -- The Rodents -- Order Rodentia -- Chipmunks, Marmots, Squirrels, and Prairie Dogs -- Family Sciuridae -- Pocket gophers -- Family Geomyidae -- Pocket mice, Kangaroo mice, and Kangaroo rats -- Family Heteromyidae -- Beavers -- Family Castoridae -- Cricetid Rodents -- Family Cricetidae -- The Carnivores -- Order Carnivora -- Coyote, Wolves, and Foxes -- Family Canidae -- Bears -- Family Ursidae -- Raccoons and their relatives -- Family Procyonidae -- Weasels, Skinks, and their relatives -- Family Mustelidae -- Cats -- Family Felidae -- The odd-toes hooved mammals -- Order Perissodactyla -- Horses and the Burro -- Family Equidae -- The even-toed hooved mammals -- Order Artiodactyla -- Elk, Deer, and Moose -- Family Cervidae -- Pronghorn -- Family Antilocapridae -- Bison, Mountain Goat, and Mountain Sheep -- Family Bovidae. |