Mammals of North America: Second Edition (Princeton Field Guides Book 58)

The best-selling field guide that "sets new standards" (__New Scientist__) and "makes all other field guides for mammals of the United States. . . and Canada obsolete" (__Journal of Mammalogy__) is now even better. Covering 20 species recognized since 2002 and including 13 new color plates, this fully revised edition of __Mammals of North America__ illustrates all 462 known mammal species in the United States and Canada--each in beautiful color and accurate detail. With a more up-to-date species list than any other guide, improved facing-page descriptions, easier-to-read distribution maps, updated common and scientific names, and track and scat illustrations, this slim, light, and easy-to-use volume is the must-have source for identifying North American mammals. Roland Kays and Don Wilson have scoured the technical literature to pull out the key differences between similar species, and illustrated these whenever possible, making the guide useful to amateur naturalists and professional zoologists alike. Casual animal watchers will appreciate the overview of mammal diversity and the tips on identifying animals they can spy in their binoculars, while scientists will appreciate the exacting detail needed to distinguish similar species, including illustrations of shrew teeth, bat toes, and whale dorsal fins. * The best-illustrated and easiest-to-use field guide to North American mammals * Beautiful and accurate color illustrations of all 462 mammals found in the United States and Canada--including 20 species recognized since 2002 * 112 color plates--including 13 new ones * Key identification information--fully revised--on facing pages * The most current taxonomy/species list * Fully revised, easy-to-read range maps * Illustrations of tracks, scat, and whale and dolphin dive sequences Cover 1 Contents 6 Acknowledgments 7 Introduction 8 Species Included 9 What Is a Species? 9 What Information Is Included? 9 What Information Is Not Included? 11 Further Reading 11 Recommended Internet Resources 11 Using This Book to Identify a Mammal 12 Quick Mammal ID Chart 13 How Are Mammals Related? 17 Mammal Measurements and Anatomy 18 Species Plates 19 PLATE 1 OPOSSUM AND ARMADILLO 19 PLATE 2 EASTERN SOREX 21 PLATE 3 NORTHERN SHREWS 23 PLATE 4 AQUATIC SHREWS AND SKULLS 25 PLATE 5 INLAND SOREX WITH SKULLS 27 PLATE 6 COASTAL SOREX WITH SKULLS 29 PLATE 7 OTHER SHREWS 31 PLATE 8 WESTERN MOLES 33 PLATE 9 EASTERN MOLES 35 PLATE 10 PIKAS 37 PLATE 11 WESTERN COTTONTAILS 39 PLATE 12 PYGMY RABBITS AND SHORT-EARED COTTONTAILS 41 PLATE 13 EASTERN COTTONTAILS 43 PLATE 14 NORTHERN HARES 45 PLATE 15 JACKRABBITS 47 PLATE 16 PORCUPINE AND SEWELLEL 49 PLATE 17 LARGE AQUATIC RODENTS 51 PLATE 18 MARMOTS 53 PLATE 19 EASTERN AND TROPICAL TREE SQUIRRELS 55 PLATE 20 WESTERN TREE SQUIRRELS 57 PLATE 21 RED AND FLYING SQUIRRELS 59 PLATE 22 PRAIRIE DOGS 61 PLATE 23 LARGE, SPOTTED GROUND SQUIRRELS 63 PLATE 24 BUSHY-TAILED, FLECKED GROUND SQUIRRELS 65 PLATE 25 THIN-TAILED, UNMARKED GROUND SQUIRRELS 67 PLATE 26 SMALL, SPOTTED GROUND SQUIRRELS 69 PLATE 27 STRIPY GROUND SQUIRRELS 71 PLATE 28 EASTERN AND ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHIPMUNKS 73 PLATE 29 SOUTHWEST CHIPMUNKS 75 PLATE 30 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHIPMUNKS 77 PLATE 31 NORTHWESTERN COASTAL CHIPMUNKS 79 PLATE 32 NORTHWESTERN INLAND CHIPMUNKS 81 PLATE 33 NORTHERN THOMOMYS 83 PLATE 34 CRATOGEOMYS AND SOUTHERN THOMOMYS 85 PLATE 35 GEOMYS 87 PLATE 36 WESTERN DESERT PEROGNATHUS 89 PLATE 37 GREAT PLAINS PEROGNATHUS 91 PLATE 38 LIOMYS AND SPINY CHAETODIPUS 93 PLATE 39 SMOOTH CHAETODIPUS 95 PLATE 40 KANGAROO MICE AND SMALL FOUR-TOED KANGAROO RATS 97 PLATE 41 LARGE FOUR-TOED KANGAROO RATS 99 PLATE 42 MID-CALIFORNIA FIVE-TOED KANGAROO RATS 101 PLATE 43 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FIVE-TOED KANGAROO RATS 103 PLATE 44 OTHER FIVE-TOED KANGAROO RATS 105 PLATE 45 JUMPING MICE 107 PLATE 46 EASTERN AND CENTRAL WOODRATS 109 PLATE 47 FURRY-TAILED WOODRATS 111 PLATE 48 WOODRATS AND RATTUS 113 PLATE 49 GRASSHOPPER MICE AND ORYZOMYS 115 PLATE 50 CENTRAL AND EASTERN TINY MICE 117 PLATE 51 HOUSE AND WESTERN TINY MICE 119 PLATE 52 NORTHERN DEERMICE 121 PLATE 53 SOUTHEASTERN PEROMYSCUS AND RELATIVES 123 PLATE 54 FAR WEST PEROMYSCUS 125 PLATE 55 PEROMYSCUS TRUEI AND BOYLII GROUPS 127 PLATE 56 SIGMODON 129 PLATE 57 ARBORIMUS VOLES 131 PLATE 58 RED-BACKED VOLES 133 PLATE 59 COASTAL MICROTUS 135 PLATE 60 OTHER WESTERN VOLES 137 PLATE 61 NORTHERN VOLES 139 PLATE 62 TYPICAL VOLES 141 PLATE 63 EASTERN VOLES AND BOG LEMMINGS 143 PLATE 64 NORTHERN LEMMINGS 145 PLATE 65 GHOST AND LEAF-NOSED BATS 147 PLATE 66 MOLOSSID BATS 149 PLATE 67 LASIURINE BATS 151 PLATE 68 GIANT-EARED BATS 153 PLATE 69 LONGER-EARED MYOTIS 155 PLATE 70 WESTERN MYOTIS 1 157 PLATE 71 WESTERN MYOTIS 2 159 PLATE 72 EASTERN MYOTIS 161 PLATE 73 OTHER EASTERN BATS 163 PLATES 74 AND 75 CONFUSING CAVE CHIROPTERA 166 PLATE 76 TEMPERATE CATS 167 PLATE 77 TROPICAL CATS 169 PLATE 78 CANIS 171 PLATE 79 SMALLER FOXES 173 PLATE 80 LARGER FOXES 175 PLATE 81 BEARS 177 PLATE 82 PROCYONIDS 179 PLATE 83 AQUATIC MUSTELIDS 181 PLATE 84 BIG MUSTELIDS 183 PLATE 85 MUSTELA 185 PLATE 86 SPOTTED AND HOG-NOSED SKUNKS 187 PLATE 87 MEPHITIS 189 PLATE 88 OTARIID SEALS 191 PLATE 89 PHOCID SEALS 193 PLATE 90 GRAYISH SEALS 195 PLATE 91 BIG SEALS AND MANATEE 197 PLATE 92 ANTELOPES AND PIGS 199 PLATE 93 GOATS AND SHEEP 201 PLATE 94 BISON AND NILGAI 203 PLATE 95 ARCTIC UNGULATES 205 PLATE 96 ELK AND MOOSE 207 PLATE 97 NATIVE DEER 209 PLATE 98 EXOTIC UNGULATES 211 PLATE 99 LARGE WHALES WITHOUT DORSAL FINS 213 PLATE 100 ENORMOUS WHALES WITH DORSAL FINS 215 PLATE 101 LARGE WHALES WITH DORSAL FINS 217 PLATE 102 SMALL WHITE AND GRAY WHALES 219 PLATE 103 BLACK DOLPHINS 221 PLATE 104 UNSTRIPED, BEAKED DOLPHINS 223 PLATE 105 STRIPED, BEAKED DOLPHINS 225 PLATE 106 STRIPED, BLUNT-NOSED DOLPHINS AND PORPOISES 227 PLATES 107 AND 108 BOW-RIDING DOLPHINS AND WHALES 229 PLATE 109 BEAKED WHALES 231 PLATE 110 HEADS OF MALE MESOPLODON 233 PLATES 111 AND 112 WHALE AND DOLPHIN DIVE SEQUENCES 235 PLATE 113 CARNIVORE SCATS 237 PLATE 114 VEGETARIAN SCATS 239 Glossary 241 A 241 B 241 C 241 D 241 E 241 F 241 G 241 H 241 I 241 L 241 M 241 N 242 P 242 R 242 S 242 T 242 V 242 U 242 Z 242 Index 243 A 243 B 243 C 243 D 244 E 244 F 244 G 244 H 245 I 245 J 245 K 245 L 245 M 245 N 246 O 246 P 246 R 247 S 247 T 248 U 249 V 249 W 249 X 249 Z 249 The best field guide to North American mammals The best-selling field guide that "sets new standards" ( New Scientist ) and "makes all other field guides for mammals of the United States. . . and Canada obsolete" ( Journal of Mammalogy ) is now even better. Covering 20 species recognized since 2002 and including 13 new color plates, this fully revised edition of Mammals of North America illustrates all 462 known mammal species in the United States and Canada—each in beautiful color and accurate detail. With a more up-to-date species list than any other guide, improved facing-page descriptions, easier-to-read distribution maps, updated common and scientific names, and track and scat illustrations, this slim, light, and easy-to-use volume is the must-have source for identifying North American mammals. Roland Kays and Don Wilson have scoured the technical literature to pull out the key differences between similar species, and illustrated these whenever possible, making the guide useful to amateur naturalists and professional zoologists alike. Casual animal watchers will appreciate the overview of mammal diversity and the tips on identifying animals they can spy in their binoculars, while scientists will appreciate the exacting detail needed to distinguish similar species, including illustrations of shrew teeth, bat toes, and whale dorsal fins. The best-illustrated and easiest-to-use field guide to North American mammals Beautiful and accurate color illustrations of all 462 mammals found in the United States and Canada—including 20 species recognized since 2002 112 color plates—including 13 new ones Key identification information—fully revised—on facing pages The most current taxonomy/species list Fully revised, easy-to-read range maps Illustrations of tracks, scat, and whale and dolphin dive sequences "This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date field guide to the mammals of North America. Written by two leading authorities, no other reference covers all resident species north of Mexico, mammals large and small. With full-color illustrations for every one of the 442 species, Mammals of North America shows the user how to identify any mammal encountered, from mouse to moose, bat to baleen whale, Abert's Squirrel to the Yuma Myotis.". "The core of the book consists of 108 color plates featuring exceptionally detailed mammal illustrations. Each species is depicted on these plates, with subspecies, geographic, and sexual variation portrayed whenever relevant. The artwork is supplemented by maps showing present range and by a short paragraph of text highlighting key identification characteristics and relevant aspects of the animal's behavior and ecology. All the artwork, maps, and text for a species are on two facing pages, eliminating the need to flip through the book to learn about an animal. Mammal signs are often more easily found than the animals themselves, so illustrations of tracks and scat are also included."--BOOK JACKET. "Covering 20 species recognized since 2002 and including 13 new color plates, this fully revised edition of Mammals of North America illustrates all 462 known mammal species in the United States and Canada - each in beautiful color and accurate detail. With a more up-to-date species list than any other guide, improved facing-page descriptions, easier-to-read distribution maps, updated common and scientific names, and track and scat illustrations, this slim, light, and easy-to-use volume is the must-have source for identifying North American mammals." "Roland Kays and Don Wilson have scoured the technical literature to pull out the key differences between similar species, and illustrated these whenever possible, making the guide useful to amateur naturalists and professional zoologists alike. Casual animal watchers will appreciate the overview of mammal diversity and the tips on identifying animals they can spy in their binoculars, while scientists will appreciate the exacting detail needed to distinguish similar species, including illustrations of shrew teeth, bat toes, and whale dorsal fins."--Jacket Features color illustrations of 462 mammals found in the United States and Canada including 20 species recognized since 2002. This book presents a taxonomy/species list, and features easy-to-read range maps. It also presents illustrations of tracks, scat, and whale and dolphin dive sequences. Roland W. Kays And Don E. Wilson. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Mode Of Access: World Wide Web.