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Wild mammals of North America : biology, management, and conservation / edited by George A. Feldhamer, Bruce C. Thompson, and Joseph A. Chapman.

Feldhamer, George A. (Added Author). Thompson, Bruce Carlyle, 1949- (Added Author). Chapman, Joseph A. (Added Author).

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ISBN: 0801874165 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: xiii, 1216 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: A Twenty-Year Retrospective / Bruce C. Thompson and George A. Feldhamer -- 1. Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) / Alfred L. Gardner and Melvin E. Sunquist -- 2. Moles (Talpidae) / Gregory D. Hartman and Terry L. Yates -- 3. Bats (Vespertilionidae, Molossidae, Phyllostomidae) / William L. Gannon -- 4. Armadillo (Dasypus novemicinctus) / James N. Layne -- 5. Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus and Allies) / Joseph A. Chapman and John A. Litvaitis -- 6. Black-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus and Allies) / Jerran T. Flinders and Joseph A. Chapman -- 7. Snowshoe Hare and Other Hares (Lepus americanus and Allies) / Dennis L. Murray -- 8. Mountain Beaver (Aplodontia rufa) / George A. Feldhamer, James A. Rochelle and Clifford D. Rushton -- 9. Marmots (Marmota monax and Allies) / Kenneth B. Armitage -- 10. Ground Squirrels (Spermophilus and Ammospermophilus species) / Eric Yensen and Paul W. Sherman -- 11. Black-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus and Allies) / John L. Hoogland -- 12. Fox and Gray Squirrels (Sciurus niger and S. carolinensis) / John Edwards, Mark Ford and David Guynn -- 13. Pine Squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus and T. douglasii) / Richard H. Yahner -- 14. Pocket Gophers (Geomyidae) / Robert J. Baker, Robert D. Bradley and Lee R. McAliley, Jr. -- 15. Beaver (Castor canadensis) / Bruce W. Baker and Edward P. Hill -- 16. Muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus and Neofiber alleni) / John Erb and H. Randolph Perry, Jr. -- 17. Voles (Microtus species) / Stephen R. Pugh, Sherry Johnson and Robert H. Tamarin -- 18. Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) / Uldis Roze and Linda M. Ilse -- 19. Eastern Woodrat (Neotoma floridana and Allies) / Anne-Marie Monty and Robert E. Emerson -- 20. Bottlenose Dolphin, Harbor Porpoise, Sperm Whale and Other Toothed Cetaceans (Tursiops truncatus, Phocoena phocoena, and Physeter macrocephalus) / Randall R. Reeves and Andrew J. Read -- 21. Baleen Whales: Right Whales and Allies (Eubalaena spp.) / Randall R. Reeves and Robert D. Kenney -- 22. Coyote (Canis latrans) / Marc Bekoff and Eric M. Gese -- 23. Gray Wolf (Canis lupus and Allies) / Paul C. Paquet and Ludwig N. Carbyn -- 24. Foxes (Vulpes species, Urocyon species, and Alopex lagopus) / Brian L. Cypher -- 25. Black Bear (Ursus americanus) / Michael R. Pelton -- 26. Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos) / Charles C. Schwartz, Sterling D. Miller and Mark A. Haroldson -- 27. Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) / Steven C. Amstrup -- 28. Raccoon (Procyon lotor and Allies) / Stanley D. Gehrt -- 29. Fisher and Marten (Martes pennanti and Martes americana) / Roger A. Powell, Steven W. Buskirk and William J. Zielinski -- 30. Weasels and Black-footed Ferret (Mustela species) / Gerald E. Svendsen -- 31. Mink (Mustela vison) / Serge Lariviere -- 32. Wolverine (Gulo gulo) / Jeffrey P. Copeland and Jackson S. Whitman -- 33. Badger (Taxidea taxus) / Frederick G. Lindzey -- 34. Skunks (Genera Mephitis, Spilogale, and Conepatus) / Rick Rosatte and Serge Lariviere -- 35. River Otter (Lontra canadensis) / Wayne E. Melquist, Paul J. Polechla, Jr. and Dale Toweill -- 36. Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) / James L. Bodkin -- 37. Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) / Becky M. Pierce and Vernon C. Bleich -- 38. Bobcat and Lynx (Lynx rufus and Lynx canadensis) / Eric M. Anderson and Matthew J. Lovallo -- 39. Seals (Phocidae, Otariidae, and Odobenidae) / Keith Ronald and Barra L. Gots -- 40. West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus) / Daniel K. Odell -- 41. Collared Peccary (Tayassu tajacu) / Eric C. Hellgren and John A. Bissonette -- 42. Wapiti (Cervus elaphus) / James M. Peek -- 43. Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) / Richard J. Mackie, John G. Kie, David F. Pac and Kenneth L. Hamlin -- 44. White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) / Karl V. Miller, Lisa I. Muller and Stephen Demarais -- 45. Moose (Alces alces) / R. Terry Bowyer, Victor Van Ballenberghe and John G. Kie -- 46. Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) / Frank L. Miller -- 47. Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) / John A. Byers -- 48. Bison (Bison bison) / Hal W. Reynolds, C. Cormack Gates and Randal D. Glaholt -- 49. Mountain Goat (Oreamnos americanus) / Steeve D. Cote and Marco Festa-Bianchet -- 50. Muskox (Ovibos moschatus) / Anne Gunn and Jan Adamczewski -- 51. Mountain Sheep (Ovis canadensis and O. dalli) / Raul R. Krausman and R. Terry Bowyer -- 52. Nutria (Myocastor coypus) / Dixie L. Bounds, Mark H. Sherfy and Theodore A. Mollett -- 53. Wild Horse (Equus caballus and Allies) / Stephen H. Jenkins and Michael C. Ashley -- 54. Feral Hog (Sus serofa) / John R. Sweeney, James M. Sweeney and Sheron W. Sweeney -- 55. Nonnative Large Mammals in North America / James G. Teer.