Preface to the Third Edition | p. ix |
Acknowledgments |
For the First and Second Editions | p. xiii |
For the Third Edition | p. xv |
Key to Tracks | p. xvii |
Introduction: What Has Happened Here? | p. 1 |
Species Accounts | p. 13 |
Family Didelphidae: Opossums | p. 15 |
Virginia Opossum |
Family Soricidae: Shrews | p. 17 |
Arctic Shrew |
American Water Shrew |
Northern Short-tailed Shrew |
Pygmy Shrew |
Least Shrew |
Crawford's Desert Shrew |
Family Talpidae: Moles | p. 22 |
Townsend's Mole |
Eastern Mole |
Broad-footed Mole |
Hairy-tailed Mole |
Star-nosed Mole |
American Shrew Mole |
Order Chiroptera: Bats | p. 27 |
Long-eared Myotis |
Eastern Red Bat |
Hoary Bat |
Little Brown Myotis |
Family Dasypodidae: Armadillos | p. 30 |
Nine-banded Armadillo |
Family Ochotonidae: Pikas; Family Leporidae: Hares and Rabbits | p. 33 |
Collared and American Pikas | p. 34 |
Pygmy Rabbit | p. 37 |
Cottontails | p. 38 |
Marsh and Swamp Rabbits | p. 40 |
Snowshoe Hare | p. 42 |
Arctic and Alaskan Hares | p. 44 |
Black-tailed and Antelope Jackrabbits | p. 46 |
White-tailed Jackrabbit | p. 48 |
European Hare | p. 53 |
Order Rodentia: Rodents | p. 55 |
Aplodontia or Mountain Beaver | p. 55 |
Chipmunks | p. 58 |
Yellow-bellied Marmot, Hoary Marmot, and Woodchuck | p. 62 |
Ground Squirrels | p. 71 |
Prairie Dogs | p. 76 |
Gray, Fox, and Abert's Squirrels | p. 79 |
Red and Douglas's Squirrels | p. 84 |
Flying Squirrels | p. 90 |
Pocket Gophers | p. 95 |
Pocket Mice | p. 99 |
Kangaroo Rats and Kangaroo Mice | p. 101 |
American Beaver | p. 104 |
Rice and Cotton Rats | p. 107 |
Harvest Mice | p. 110 |
White-footed Mice and Deer Mice | p. 112 |
Grasshopper Mice | p. 116 |
Woodrats | p. 117 |
Norway Rat | p. 120 |
House Mouse | p. 122 |
Meadow Vole and Others | p. 124 |
Woodland Vole, Sagebrush Vole, Bog Lemmings, and Red-backed Voles | p. 131 |
Tree Voles | p. 133 |
Common Muskrat | p. 134 |
Collared and Brown Lemmings | p. 137 |
Jumping Mice | p. 142 |
North American Porcupine | p. 144 |
Agoutis | p. 149 |
Paca | p. 151 |
Family Canidae: Dogs, Foxes, and Wolves | p. 153 |
Domestic Dog | p. 157 |
Coyote | p. 159 |
Gray Wolf and Red Wolf | p. 164 |
Arctic Fox | p. 167 |
Kit and Swift Foxes | p. 170 |
Red Fox | p. 173 |
Common Gray Fox | p. 176 |
Family Ursidae: Bears | p. 178 |
Black and Brown (Grizzly) Bears | p. 178 |
Polar Bear | p. 189 |
Family Otariidae: Hair Seal; Family Phocidae: Eared Seals | p. 191 |
Harbor Seal, California Sea Lion |
Family Procyonidae: Raccoons, Ringtails, and Coatis | p. 193 |
Ringtail | p. 193 |
Northern Raccoon | p. 195 |
White-nosed Coati | p. 199 |
Kinkajou | p. 201 |
Family Mustelidae: Weasels, Otters, and Badgers | p. 202 |
American Marten | p. 202 |
Fisher | p. 205 |
Ermine, Long-tailed Weasel, and Least Weasel | p. 208 |
Black-footed Ferret | p. 216 |
American Mink | p. 217 |
Tayra | p. 221 |
Wolverine | p. 222 |
American Badger | p. 226 |
Northern River Otter | p. 229 |
Sea Otter | p. 234 |
Family Mephitidae: Skunks | p. 237 |
Eastern and Western Spotted Skunks | p. 238 |
Striped, Hooded, and White-backed Hog-nosed Skunks | p. 240 |
Family Felidae: Cats | p. 244 |
Domestic Cat | p. 244 |
Cougar or Mountain Lion | p. 248 |
Ocelot | p. 252 |
Jaguarundi | p. 253 |
Canada Lynx | p. 255 |
Bobcat | p. 257 |
Jaguar | p. 260 |
Superorder Ungulata: Hoofed Animals | p. 262 |
Family Equidae: Horse and Burro | p. 265 |
Family Suidae: Domestic Pig and Wild Boar | p. 267 |
Family Tayassuidae: Collared Peccary or Javelina | p. 273 |
Family Cervidae: Elk, Deer, Moose, Caribou, and Reindeer |
Elk or Wapiti | p. 275 |
White-tailed Deer | p. 281 |
Mule and Black-tailed Deer | p. 286 |
Moose | p. 294 |
Caribou and Reindeer | p. 300 |
Family Antilocapridae: Pronghorn or Antelope | p. 305 |
Family Bovidae: Bison, Cattle, Goats, Muskox, and Sheep |
American Bison or Buffalo | p. 308 |
Domestic Cattle | p. 311 |
Mountain Goat | p. 313 |
Domestic Goat | p. 315 |
Muskox | p. 316 |
Dall's and Bighorn Sheep | p. 317 |
Domestic Sheep | p. 320 |
Family Tapiridae: Baird's Tapir | p. 322 |
Birds | p. 324 |
Amphibians and Reptiles | p. 344 |
Insects and Other Invertebrates | p. 352 |
Twigs and Limbs | p. 361 |
Bone and Horn Chewing | p. 367 |
Bibliography | p. 371 |
Index | p. 379 |