The natural history of Canadian mammals /Donna Naughton ; colour art, Paul Geraghty, Julius Csotonyi, and Brenda Carter ; line art, Donna Naughton, Micheline Beaulieu-Bouchard, and Alan McDonald.

"The selection of species to include in this book was based on two principles: 1. Those that in recent times had a viable, naturally occurring wild population in Canada, its continental islands, or in the marine waters of its continental shelf ... [and] 2. Species introduced into Canada by humans"--Page xiv.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Order Didelphimorphia: New World opossums ; opossums: Family Didelphidae Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) -- Order Primates: humans -- Order Rodentia: rodents -- mountain beavers: Family Aplodontiidae ; Mountain Beaver (Aplodontia rufa) -- squirrels: Family Sciuridae ; Black-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) ; Northern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus) ; Southern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys volans) ; Hoary Marmot (Marmota caligata) ; Yellow-bellied Marmot (Marmota flaviventris) ; Woodchuck (Marmota monax) ; Vancouver Island Marmot (Marmota vancouverensis) ; Eastern Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) ; Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) ; Columbian Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus columbianus) ; Franklin's Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus franklinii) ; Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus lateralis) ; Arctic Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus parryii) ; Richardson's Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus richardsonii) ; Cascade Mantled Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus saturatus) ; Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus) ; Yellow-pine Chipmunk (Tamias amoenus) ; Least Chipmunk (Tamias minimus) ; Red-tailed Chipmunk (Tamias ruficaudus) ; Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus) ; Townsend's Chipmunk (Tamias townsendii) ; Douglas' Squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii) ; Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) -- beavers: Family Castoridae ; North American Beaver (Castor canadensis) -- kangaroo rats and pocket mice: Family Heteromyidae ; Ord's Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys ordii) ; Olive-backed Pocket Mouse (Perognathus fasciatus) ; Great Basin Pocket Mouse (Perognathus parvus) -- pocket gophers: Family Geomyidae ; Plains Pocket Gopher (Geomys bursarius) ; Northern Pocket Gopher (Thomomys talpoides) -- jumping mice: Family Dipodidae ; Woodland Jumping Mouse (Napaeozapus insignis) ; Meadow Jumping Mouse (Zapus hudsonius) ; Western Jumping Mouse (Zapus princeps) ; Pacific Jumping Mouse (Zapus trinotatus) -- rats, mice, voles and lemmings: Family Cricetidae ; voles, lemmings and muskrat: Subfamily Arvicolinae ; Northern Collared Lemming (Dicrostonyx groenlandicus) ; Ungava Collared Lemming (Dicrostonyx hudsonius) ; Ogilvie Mountains Collared Lemming (Dicrostonyx nunatakensis) ; Richardson's Collared Lemming (Dicrostonyx richardsoni) ; Sagebrush Vole (Lemmiscus curtatus) ; Nearctic Brown Lemming (Lemmus trimucronatus) ; Rock Vole (Microtus chrotorrhinus) ; Long-tailed Vole (Microtus longicaudus) ; Singing Vole (Microtus miurus) ; Montane Vole (Microtus montanus) ; Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) ; Tundra Vole (Microtus oeconomus) ; Creeping Vole (Microtus oregoni) ; Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) ; Woodland Vole (Microtus pinetorum) ; North American Water Vole (Microtus richardsoni) ; Townsend's Vole (Microtus townsendii) ; Taiga Vole (Microtus xanthognathus) ; Southern Red-backed Vole (Myodes gapperi) ; Bank Vole (Myodes glareolus) ;Northern Red-backed Vole (Myodes rutilus) ; Common Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) ; Heather Vole (Phenacomys intermedius) ; Northern Bog Lemming (Synaptomys borealis) ; Southern Bog Lemming (Synaptomys cooperi) ; New World rats and mice: Subfamily Neotominae ; Bushy-tailed Woodrat (Neotoma cinerea) ; Northern Grasshopper Mouse (Onychomys leucogaster) ; Keen's Mouse (Peromyscus keeni) ; White-footed Mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) ; Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) ; Western Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis).

Old World rats and mice: Family Muridae ; House Mouse (Mus musculus) ; Norway Rat (Rattus norvegicus) ; Roof Rat (Rattus rattus) ; New World porcupines: Family Erethizontidae ; North American Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) ; Nutria: Family Myocastoridae ; Nutria (Myocastor coypus) -- Order Lagomorpha: pikas, hares, and rabbits ; Pikas: Family Ochotonidae ; Collared Pika (Ochotona collaris) ; American Pika (Ochotona princeps) ; hares and rabbits: Family: Leporidae ; Snowshoe Hare (Lepus americanus) ; Arctic Hare (Lepus arcticus) ; European Hare (Lepus europaeus) ; White-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii) ; European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) ; Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) ; Mountain Cottontail (Sylvilagus nuttallii) -- Order Soricomporpha: shrews and moles ; shews: Family Soricidae ; Northern short-tailed Shrew (Blarina brevicauda) ; Least Shrew (Cryptotis parvus) ; Arctic Shrew (Sorex arcticus) ; Pacific Water Shrew (Sorex bendirii) ; Cinereous Shrew (Sorex cinereus) ; Long-tailed Shrew (Sorex dispar) ; Smoky Shrew (Sorex fumeus) ; Prairie Shrew (Sorex haydeni) ; North American Pygmy Shrew (Sorex hoyi) ; Maritime Shrew (Sorex maritimensis) ; Merriam's Shrew (Sorex merriami) ; Dusky Shrew (Sorex monticolus) ; North American Water Shrew (Sorex palustris) ; Preble's Shrew -- (Sorex preblei) ; Olympic Shrew (Sorex rohweri) ; Trowbridge's Shew (Sorex trowbridgii) ; Tundra Shrew (Sorex tundrensis) ; Barren Ground Shrew (Sorex ugyunak) ; Vagrant Shrew (Sorex vagrans) ; moles: Family Talpidae ; Star-nosed Mole (Condylura cristata) ; Shrew-mole (Neurotrichus gibbsii) ; Hairy-tailed Mole (Parascalops breweri) ; Eastern Mole (Scalopus aquaticus) ; Coast Mole (Scapanus orarius) ; Townsend's Mole (Scapanus townsendii) -- Order Chiroptera: bats ; free-tailed bats: Family Molosside ; Big Free-tailed Bat (Nyctinomops macrotis) ; plain-nosed bats: Family Vespertilionidae ; Pallid Bat (Antrozous pallidus) ; Townsend's Big-eared Bat (Corynorhinus townsendii) ; Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus fuscus) ; Spotted Bat (Euderma maculatum) ; Silver-haired Bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans) ; Eastern Red Bat (Lasiurus borealis) ; Hoary Bat (Lasiurus cinereus) ; California Myotis (Myotis californicus) ; Western Small-footed Myotis (Myotis ciliobabrum) ; Long-eared Myotis (Myotis evotis) ; Keen's Myotis (Myotis keenii) ; Eastern Small-footed Myotis (Myotis leibii) ; Little Brown Myotis (Myotis lucifugus) ; Northern Myotis (Myotis septentrionalis) ; Fringed Myotis (Myotis thysanodes) ; Long-legged Myotis (Myotis volans) ; Yuma Myotis (Myotis yumanensis) ; Evening Bat (Nycticeius humeralis) ; Eastern Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus subflavus) -- Order Carnivora:carnivores ; cats: Family Felidae ; Canada Lynx (Lynx canadensis) ; Bobcat (Lynx rufus) ; Cougar (Puma concolor) ; dogs: Family Canidae; Coyote (Canis Latrans) ; Grey Wolf (Canis lupus) ; Grey Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) ; Arctic Fox (Vulpes lagopus) ; Swift Fox (Vulpes velox) ; Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) ; bears: Family Ursidae; North American Black Bear (Ursus americanus) ; Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) ; Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) ; fur seals and sea lions: Family Otariidae; Northern Fur Seal (Callorhinus ursinus) ; Stellar Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus) ; California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) ; walruses: Family Odobenidae; Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) ; true seals: Family Phocidae; Hooded Seal (Cystophora cristata) ; Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) ; Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) ; Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris) ; Harp Seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus) ; Spotted Seal (Phoca largha) ; Harbour Seal (Poca vitulina) ; Ringed Seal (Pusa hispida) ; weasels: Family Mustelidae; Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) ; Wolverine (Gulo gulo) ; Northern River Otter (Lontra canadensis) ; American Marten (Martes americana) ; Fisher (Martes pennanti) ; Ermine (Mustela erminea) ; Long-tailed Weasel (Mustela frenata) ; Black-footed Ferret (Mustela nigripes) ; Lease Weasel (Mustela nivalis) ; Sea Mink (Neovison macrodon) ; American Mink (Neovison vison) ; American Badger (Taxidea taxus) ; skunks: Family Mephitidae; Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis) ; Western Spotted Skunk (Spilogale gracilis) ; raccoons: Family Procyonidae ; Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor) -- Order Perissodactyla: horses; horses: Family Equidae ; Domestic Horse (Equus caballus) -- Order Artiodactyla: deer, bison, sheep and other even-toed ungulates ; deer: Family Cervidae ; Moose (Alces americanus) ; Wapiti (Cervus elaphus) ; Fallow Deer (Dama dama) ; Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) ; White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) ; Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) ; pronghorn: Family Antilocapridae ; Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana).

bison, goats, muskoxen, and sheep: Family Bovidae; American Bison (Bison bison) ; Mountain Goat (Oreamnos americanus) ; Muskox (Ovibos moschatus) ; Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis) ; Thinhorn Sheep (Ovis dalli) -- Order Cetacea: whales, dolphins, and porpoises ; Suborder Mysticiti: baleen whales ; right and bowhead whales: Family Balaenidae ; Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus) ; North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) ; North Pacific Right Whale (Eubalaena japonica) ; rorquals: Family Balaenopteridae ; Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) ; Set Whale (Balaenoptera borealis) ; Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) ; Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) ; Humpback Whale (Megapta novaeangliae) ; grey whales: Family Eschrichtiidae ; Grey Whale (Eshrichtius robustus) ; Suborder Odontoceti: toothed whales ; ocean dolphins: Family Delphinidae; Long-beaked Common Dolphins (Delphinus capensis) ; Short-beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) ; Short-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala melas) ; Risso's Dolphin (Grampus griseus) ; Atlantic White-sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus) ; White-beaked Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) ; Pacific White-sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) ; Northern Right Whale Dolphin (Lissodelphis borealis) ; Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) ; False Killer Whale (Pseudorca crassidens) ; Striped Dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) ; Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) ; belugas and narwhals: Family Monodontidae; Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) ; Narwahl (Monodon monoceros) ; porpoises: Family Phocoenidae; Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) ; Dall's Porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) ; sperm whales: Family Physeteridae ; Pygmy Sperm Whale (Kogia breviceps) ; Dwarf Sperm Whale (Kogia sima) ; Sperm Whale (Physeter catodon) ; beaked whales: Family Ziphiidae ; Baird's Beaked Whale (Berardius bairdii) ; Bottlenose Whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus) ; Sowerby's Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon bidens) ; Hubbs' Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon carlhubbsi) ; Blainville's Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon densirostris) ; True's Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon mirus) ; Stejneger's Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon mirus) ; Cuvier's Beaked Whale (Ziphius cavirostris) -- Domestic mammals: Domestic Cow (Bos taurus) ; Domestic Dog (Canis familiaris) ; Domestic Goat (Capra hircus) ; Domestic Cat (Felis catus) ; Domestic Sheep (Ovis aries) ; Domestic Pig (Sus scrofa) -- Appendices.

"A Northern Pocket Gopher can dig an amazing half a metre of tunnel through compacted clay soil in just 15 minutes. North American Beavers, along with humans, are the only mammals whose impact on their environment is so massive that it can be clearly seen with the naked eye from outer space. And there really are Narwhals - the single-tusked mammals that likely inspired the unicorn legend - living in the waters surrounding Greenland. Learning about any of these mammals on their own brings out fascinating traits and stories. But when considered alongside the entire mammal population of Canada - from the tiny Olive-Backed Pocket Mouse to the enormous Killer Whale, and the Arctic-dwelling Polar Bear to the more southerly Red Bat - a spectacular portrait emerges of the diversity and beauty of Canada's animal life. The Natural History of Canadian Mammals is a beautifully illustrated, up-to-date guide to all 215 known species of mammals in Canada. It features brand-new, full-colour images of each species, as well as stunning photographs from Canadian Geographic magazine's national photography competitions depicting the animals in their natural environments. Along with being a visual treat, this book is jam-packed with information accessible to readers at all levels. Detailed descriptions are provided of each mammal's appearance, habitat, and behavior, while colour maps show their full distribution across Canada, North America, and globally. The book also includes practical guides on tracking and identification for readers who would like to learn how to spot mammals in the wild. Among its most special features is a series of colour plates with vignettes of the Canadian representatives of each group, sized relative to one another for easy comparison and linked to the full species accounts later in the book. Comprehensive and immensely valuable, The Natural History of Canadian Mammals will become a treasured companion for scientific researchers, animal lovers, and all those wishing to gain a greater appreciation of Canada's natural wonders. The Canadian Museum of Nature, Canada's national natural history museum, continues to author these wonderful books in its goal to inspire a greater understanding of the natural environment."--Pub. desc.

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