The Story
The first comprehensive handbook of the 138 native and 8 introduced species of mammals living in the plains states of North Dakota South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma. Each species account provides information on distribution, general physical characteristics, sizes of typical adults, habitat, food, predation, diseases, longevity, molt, territoriality, reproductive behavior, development, and other attributes of the species. Guides to further reading, distribution maps, and photographs supplement the species accounts. The introduction relates the mammals to the ecosystems of the plains states. A checklist of mammals and the keys to orders and familes and species will assist in identifying and comparing species in the field, laboratory, and classroom. Amateur and professional naturalists alike will appreciate the Guides easytouse format, clear explanations, glossary of technical terms, and extensive bibliography. The authors are widely published professional mammalogists.
Description
The first comprehensive handbook of the 138 native and 8 introduced species of mammals living in the plains states of North Dakota South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma. Each species account provides information on distribution, general physical characteristics, sizes of typical adults, habitat, food, predation, diseases, longevity, molt, territoriality, reproductive behavior, development, and other attributes of the species. Guides to further reading, distribution maps, and photographs supplement the species accounts. The introduction relates the mammals to the ecosystems of the plains states. A checklist of mammals and the keys to orders and familes and species will assist in identifying and comparing species in the field, laboratory, and classroom. Amateur and professional naturalists alike will appreciate the Guides easytouse format, clear explanations, glossary of technical terms, and extensive bibliography. The authors are widely published professional mammalogists.
