Mammals of Indiana

Informationen zum Autor John O. Whitaker, Jr. Klappentext Whether you are a biologist, veterinarian, wildlife manager, or simply a nature enthusiast, this guide is certain to be a welcome companion during your next outdoor adventure. Zusammenfassung A guide to native Indiana mammals. It offers colour photos, skull close-ups, and range maps, along with descriptions and clues to finding and identifying various mammals indigenous to the area - and even a few that are not, but can be found in the state. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Contents Preface and Acknowledgments Indiana's State Mammal-a Proposal In Memory of the Recently Extirpated Native Species Species of Questionable Recent Occurrence Species List of Indiana Mammals Introduction: Purpose and Plan of the Book Indiana: An Overview The Indiana Landscape Indiana's Major Habitats Ecological Relationships of Mammals Naming and Identifying Mammals How Mammals Are Named How Mammals Are Identified Use of Keys Identification Keys Species Accounts Listed by Family Order DIDELPHIMORPHIA-Opossums Order SORICOMORPHA-Shrews and Moles Order CHIROPTERA-Bats Order CINGULATA-Armadillos Order LAGOMORPHA-Hares, Rabbits, and Allies Order RODENTIA-Rodents or Gnawing Mammals Order CARNIVORA-Flesh Eaters Order ARTIODACTYLA-Deer English-Metric Measurements Conversion Glossary Works Cited Index

Autorentext
John O. Whitaker, Jr.

Klappentext
Whether you are a biologist, veterinarian, wildlife manager, or simply a nature enthusiast, this guide is certain to be a welcome companion during your next outdoor adventure.

Zusammenfassung
A guide to native Indiana mammals. It offers colour photos, skull close-ups, and range maps, along with descriptions and clues to finding and identifying various mammals indigenous to the area - and even a few that are not, but can be found in the state.

Inhalt
Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
Indiana's State Mammal-a Proposal
In Memory of the Recently Extirpated Native Species
Species of Questionable Recent Occurrence
Species List of Indiana Mammals
Introduction: Purpose and Plan of the Book
Indiana: An Overview
The Indiana Landscape
Indiana's Major Habitats
Ecological Relationships of Mammals
Naming and Identifying Mammals
How Mammals Are Named
How Mammals Are Identified
Use of Keys
Identification Keys
Species Accounts Listed by Family
Order DIDELPHIMORPHIA-Opossums
Order SORICOMORPHA-Shrews and Moles
Order CHIROPTERA-Bats
Order CINGULATA-Armadillos
Order LAGOMORPHA-Hares, Rabbits, and Allies
Order RODENTIA-Rodents or Gnawing Mammals
Order CARNIVORA-Flesh Eaters
Order ARTIODACTYLA-Deer
English-Metric Measurements Conversion
Glossary
Works Cited
Index

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