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The Natural History of Canadian Mammals.
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.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
2012.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Identification plates
- Order Didelphimorphia: New World opossums
- Opossums: FAMILY DIDELPHIDAE
- North American Opossum (Didelphis virginiana)
- Order Primates: humans
- Order Rodentia: rodents
- Mountain Beavers: FAMILY APLODONTIIDAE
- Mountain Beaver (Aplodontia rufa)
- Squirrels and marmots: FAMILY SCIURIDAE
- Black-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus)
- Northern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus)
- Southern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys volans)
- Hoary Marmot (Marmota caligata)
- Yellow-bellied Marmot (Marmota flaviventris)
- Woodchuck (Marmota monax)
- Vancouver Island Marmot (Marmota vancouverensis)
- Eastern Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
- Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger)
- Columbian Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus columbianus)
- Franklin's Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus franklinii)
- Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus lateralis)
- Arctic Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus parryii)
- Richardson's Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus richardsonii)
- Cascade Mantled Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus saturatus)
- Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus)
- Yellow-pine Chipmunk (Tamias amoenus)
- Least Chipmunk (Tamias minimus)
- Red-tailed Chipmunk (Tamias ruficaudus)
- Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus)
- Townsend's Chipmunk (Tamias townsendii)
- Douglas' Squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii)
- Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)
- Beavers: FAMILY CASTORIDAE
- North American Beaver (Castor canadensis)
- Kangaroo rats and pocket mice: FAMILY HETEROMYIDAE
- Ord's Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys ordii)
- Olive-backed Pocket Mouse (Perognathus fasciatus)
- Great Basin Pocket Mouse (Perognathus parvus)
- Pocket gophers: FAMILY GEOMYIDAE
- Plains Pocket Gopher (Geomys bursarius)
- Northern Pocket Gopher (Thomomys talpoides).
- Jumping mice: FAMILY DIPODIDAE
- Woodland Jumping Mouse (Napaeozapus insignis)
- Meadow Jumping Mouse (Zapus hudsonius)
- Western Jumping Mouse (Zapus princeps)
- Pacific Jumping Mouse (Zapus trinotatus)
- Rats, mice, voles, and lemmings: FAMILY CRICETIDAE
- Voles, lemmings, and muskrat: SUBFAMILY ARVICOLINAE
- Northern Collared Lemming (Dicrostonyx groenlandicus)
- Ungava Collared Lemming (Dicrostonyx hudsonius)
- Ogilvie Mountains Collared Lemming (Dicrostonyx nunatakensis)
- Richardson's Collared Lemming (Dicrostonyx richardsoni)
- Sagebrush Vole (Lemmiscus curtatus)
- Nearctic Brown Lemming (Lemmus trimucronatus)
- Rock Vole (Microtus chrotorrhinus)
- Long-tailed Vole (Microtus longicaudus)
- Singing Vole (Microtus miurus)
- Montane Vole (Microtus montanus)
- Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster)
- Tundra Vole (Microtus oeconomus)
- Creeping Vole (Microtus oregoni)
- Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus)
- Woodland Vole (Microtus pinetorum)
- North American Water Vole (Microtus richardsoni)
- Townsend's Vole (Microtus townsendii)
- Taiga Vole (Microtus xanthognathus)
- Southern Red-backed Vole (Myodes gapperi)
- Bank Vole (Myodes glareolus)
- Northern Red-backed Vole (Myodes rutilus)
- Common Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)
- Heather Vole (Phenacomys intermedius)
- Northern Bog Lemming (Synaptomys borealis)
- Southern Bog Lemming (Synaptomys cooperi)
- New World rats and mice: SUBFAMILY NEOTOMINAE
- Bushy-tailed Woodrat (Neotoma cinerea)
- Northern Grasshopper Mouse (Onychomys leucogaster)
- Keen's Mouse (Peromyscus keeni)
- White-footed Mouse (Peromyscus leucopus)
- Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus)
- Western Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis)
- Old World rats and mice: FAMILY MURIDAE
- House Mouse (Mus musculus)
- Norway Rat (Rattus norvegicus)
- Roof Rat (Rattus rattus).
- New World porcupines: FAMILY ERETHIZONTIDAE
- North American Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)
- Nutria: FAMILY MYOCASTORIDAE
- Nutria (Myocastor coypus)
- Order Lagomorpha: pikas, hares, and rabbits
- Pikas: FAMILY OCHOTONIDAE
- Collared Pika (Ochotona collaris)
- American Pika (Ochotona princeps)
- hares and rabbits: FAMILY LEPORIDAE
- Snowshoe Hare (Lepus americanus)
- Arctic Hare (Lepus arcticus)
- European Hare (Lepus europaeus)
- White-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii)
- European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
- Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)
- Mountain Cottontail (Sylvilagus nuttallii)
- Order Soricomorpha: shrews and moles
- Shrews: FAMILY SORICIDAE
- Northern Short-tailed Shrew (Blarina brevicauda)
- Least Shrew (Cryptotis parvus)
- Arctic Shrew (Sorex arcticus)
- Pacific Water Shrew (Sorex bendirii)
- Cinereous Shrew (Sorex cinereus)
- Long-tailed Shrew (Sorex dispar)
- Smoky Shrew (Sorex fumeus)
- Prairie Shrew (Sorex haydeni)
- North American Pygmy Shrew (Sorex hoyi)
- Maritime Shrew (Sorex maritimensis)
- Merriam's Shrew (Sorex merriami)
- Dusky Shrew (Sorex monticolus)
- North American Water Shrew (Sorex palustris)
- Preble's Shrew (Sorex preblei)
- Olympic Shrew (Sorex rohweri)
- Trowbridge's Shrew (Sorex trowbridgii)
- Tundra Shrew (Sorex tundrensis)
- Barren Ground Shrew (Sorex ugyunak)
- Vagrant Shrew (Sorex vagrans)
- Moles: FAMILY TALPIDAE
- Star-nosed Mole (Condylura cristata)
- Shrew-mole (Neurotrichus gibbsii)
- Hairy-tailed Mole (Parascalops breweri)
- Eastern Mole (Scalopus aquaticus)
- Coast Mole (Scapanus orarius)
- Townsend's Mole (Scapanus townsendii)
- Order Chiroptera: bats
- Free-tailed bats: FAMILY MOLOSSIDAE
- Big Free-tailed Bat (Nyctinomops macrotis)
- Plain-nosed bats: FAMILY VESPERTILIONIDAE
- Pallid Bat (Antrozous pallidus).
- Townsend's Big-eared Bat (Corynorhinus townsendii)
- Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus fuscus)
- Spotted Bat (Euderma maculatum)
- Silver-haired Bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans)
- Eastern Red Bat (Lasiurus borealis)
- Hoary Bat (Lasiurus cinereus)
- California Myotis (Myotis californicus)
- Western Small-footed Myotis (Myotis ciliolabrum)
- Long-eared Myotis (Myotis evotis)
- Keen's Myotis (Myotis keenii)
- Eastern Small-footed Myotis (Myotis leibii)
- Little Brown Myotis (Myotis lucifugus)
- Northern Myotis (Myotis septentrionalis)
- Fringed Myotis (Myotis thysanodes)
- Long-legged Myotis (Myotis volans)
- Yuma Myotis (Myotis yumanensis)
- Evening Bat (Nycticeius humeralis)
- Eastern Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus subflavus)
- Order Carnivora: carnivores
- Cats: FAMILY FELIDAE
- Canada Lynx (Lynx canadensis)
- Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
- Cougar (Puma concolor)
- Dogs: FAMILY CANIDAE
- Coyote (Canis latrans)
- Grey Wolf (Canis lupus)
- Grey Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)
- Arctic Fox (Vulpes lagopus)
- Swift Fox (Vulpes velox)
- Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
- Bears: FAMILY URSIDAE
- North American Black Bear (Ursus americanus)
- Brown Bear (Ursus arctos)
- Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus)
- Fur seals and sea lions: FAMILY OTARIIDAE
- Northern Fur Seal (Callorhinus ursinus)
- Steller Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus)
- California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus)
- Walruses: FAMILY ODOBENIDAE
- Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)
- True seals: FAMILY PHOCIDAE
- Hooded Seal (Cystophora cristata)
- Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus)
- Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus)
- Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris)
- Harp Seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus)
- Spotted Seal (Phoca largha)
- Harbour Seal (Phoca vitulina)
- Ringed Seal (Pusa hispida)
- Weasels: FAMILY MUSTELIDAE
- Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris)
- Wolverine (Gulo gulo).
- Northern River Otter (Lontra canadensis)
- American Marten (Martes americana)
- Fisher (Martes pennanti)
- Ermine (Mustela erminea)
- Long-tailed Weasel (Mustela frenata)
- Black-footed Ferret (Mustela nigripes)
- Least Weasel (Mustela nivalis)
- Sea Mink (Neovison macrodon)
- American Mink (Neovison vison)
- American Badger (Taxidea taxus)
- Skunks: FAMILY MEPHITIDAE
- Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis)
- Western Spotted Skunk (Spilogale gracilis)
- Raccoons: FAMILY PROCYONIDAE
- Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
- Order Perissodactyla: horses
- Horses: FAMILY EQUIDAE
- Domestic Horse (Equus caballus)
- Order Artiodactyla: deer, bison, sheep, and other even-toed ungulates
- Deer: FAMILY CERVIDAE
- Moose (Alces americanus)
- Wapiti (Cervus elaphus)
- Fallow Deer (Dama dama)
- Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus)
- White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
- Caribou (Rangifer tarandus)
- Pronghorn: FAMILY ANTILOCAPRIDAE
- Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana)
- Bison, goats, muskoxen, and sheep: FAMILY BOVIDAE
- American Bison (Bison bison)
- Mountain Goat (Oreamnos americanus)
- Muskox (Ovibos moschatus)
- Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis)
- Thinhorn Sheep (Ovis dalli)
- Order Cetacea: whales, dolphins, and porpoises
- Suborder Mysticiti: baleen whales
- Right and bowhead whales: FAMILY BALAENIDAE
- Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus)
- North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis)
- North Pacific Right Whale (Eubalaena japonica)
- Rorquals: FAMILY BALAENOPTERIDAE
- Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
- Sei Whale (Balaenoptera borealis)
- Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
- Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
- Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
- Grey whales: FAMILY ESCHRICHTIIDAE
- Grey Whale (Eschrichtius robustus)
- Suborder Odontoceti: toothed whales
- Ocean dolphins: FAMILY DELPHINIDAE.