Donna Naughton, Canadian Museum of Nature

The Natural History of Canadian Mammals

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• 2nd Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 824
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 282mm x 228mm x 45mm
• Gewicht: 2372g
• ISBN-13: 9781442644830
• ISBN-10: 1442644834
• Artikelnr.: 36185256

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Abbreviated Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
List of Acronyms and Initialisms
Species Accounts:
1. 1. Order Didelphimorphia: New World opossums
2. 2. Order Primates: apes and monkeys
3. 3. Order Rodentia: rodents
4. 4. Order Lagomorpha: pikas, hares and rabbits
5. 5. Order Soricomorpha: shrews and moles
6. 6. Order Chiroptera: bats
7. 7. Order Carnivora: carnivores
8. 8. Order Perissodactyla: horses and other odd-toes ungulates
9. 9. Order Artiodactyla: deer,cattle and other even-toes ungulates
10. 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