The Guide to Colorado Mammals

by Young, Mary Taylor

• ISBN13: 9781555915834
• ISBN10: 1555915833
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-04-01
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press - Fulcrum

Summary

Mary Taylor Young's latest field guide will help you discover and learn more about Colorado's native mammals. Covering 128 species, this guide explores mammals through detailed descriptions, full-color photographs, and informative sidebars. Also includes range maps, species' descriptions, a checklist, and a glossary. Outdoor enthusiasts and armchair naturalists will be delighted with this guide. Award-winning nature writer Mary Taylor Young's love of wild things led to a degree in zoology and a life devoted to nature and the environment. She has written nine books, including The Guide to Colorado Reptiles and Amphibians. Taylor Young lives in Castle Rock, Colorado.

Author Biography

Award-winning nature writer Mary Taylor Young spent her childhood summers roaming the Colorado Rockies from her grandparents' cabin in Estes Park. Her love of wild things and the outdoors led to a degree in zoology from Colorada State University and a life devoted to nature and the environment. Her nine books range from Land of Grass and Sky: A Naturalist's Prairie Journey, a story of spiritual growth inspired by the landscape of the High Plains, to the Watchable Birds book series. Mary's Words on Birds column appeared in the Rocky Mountain News from 1993 until 2009. She has published hundreds of articles in periodicals such as Ladies Home Journal, Outside, and Wildlife Conservation. Mary has written extensively for the US Fish and Wildlife Service, US Forest Service, Colorado Division of Wildlife and Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. Many Coloradans know Mary from the quarterly publication Colorado's Wildlife Company. Mary writes from her home in Castle Rock, Colorado, where she lives with her husband, daughter, two dogs, and many wild neighbors.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Author's Note	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Order Didelphimorphia American Marsupials: Pouched Mammals	p. 10
Family DidelphidaeùOpossums	p. 11
Virginia Opossum	p. 12
Order Soricomorpha Shrews and Moles: Insect-eaters	p. 16
Family SoricidaeùShrews	p. 17
Masked Shrew	p. 18
Pygmy Shrew	p. 19
Merriam's Shrew	p. 20
Montane Shrew	p. 21
Dwarf Shrew	p. 22
American Water Shrew	p. 23
Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew	p. 24
Least Shrew	p. 25
Desert Shrew	p. 26
Family TalpidaeùMoles	p. 27
Eastern Mole	p. 28
Order Chiroptera Bats: Winged Mammals	p. 32
Family VespertilionidaeùEvening Bats	p. 33
California Myotis	p. 34
Western Small-footed Myotis	p. 35
Long-eared Myotis	p. 37
Little Brown Bat/Little Brown Myotis	p. 38
Fringed Myotis	p. 40
Long-legged Myotis	p. 41
Yuma Myotis	p. 43
Eastern Red Bat	p. 44
Hoary Bat	p. 46
Silver-haired Bat	p. 47
Canyon Bat/Western Pipistrelle	p. 50
Big Brown Bat	p. 51
Spotted Bat	p. 53
Townsend's Big-eared Bat	p. 54
Pallid Bat	p. 55
Family MolossidaeùFree-tailed Bats	p. 57
Brazilian Free-tailed Bat	p. 58
Big Free-tailed Bat	p. 60
Order Cingulata Armadillos: Armored Mammals	p. 64
Family DasypodidaeùArmadillos	p. 65
Nine-banded Armadillo	p. 66
Order Lagomorpha Rabbits and Relatives: Pikas, Rabbits, and Hares	p. 70
Family OchotonidaeùPikas	p. 71
American Pika	p. 72
Family LeporidaeùRabbits and Hares	p. 73
Desert Cottontail	p. 74
Eastern Cottontail	p. 75
Mountain Cottontail/Nuttal's Cottontail	p. 76
Snowshoe Hare	p. 78
Black-tailed Japkrabbit	p. 80
White-tailed Jackrabbit	p. 81
Order Rodentia Rodents: Gnawing Mammals	p. 86
Family SciuridaeùSquirrels	p. 87
Cliff Chipmunk	p. 88
Least Chipmunk	p. 89
Colorado Chipmunk	p. 91
Hopi Chipmunk	p. 93
Uinta Chipmunk	p. 94
Yellow-bellied Marmot	p. 95
White-tailed Antelope Squirrel	p. 97
Wyoming Ground Squirrel	p. 98
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel	p. 99
Spotted Ground Squirrel	p. 101
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel	p. 102
Rock Squirrel	p. 103
Gunnison's Prairie Dog	p. 105
White-tailed Prairie Dog	p. 106
Black-tailed Prairie Dog	p. 107
Abert's Squirrel	p. 109
Fox Squirrel	p. 111
Pine Squirrel (Chickaree)	p. 112
Family GeomyidaeùPocket Gophers	p. 115
Botta's Pocket Gopher	p. 116
Northern Pocket Gopher	p. 117
Plains Pocket Gopher	p. 119
Yellow-faced Pocket Gopher	p. 120
Family HeteromyidaeùPocket Mice and Kangaroo Rats	p. 121
Olive-backed Pocket Mouse	p. 122
Plains Pocket Mouse	p. 123
Silky Pocket Mouse	p. 124
Great Basin Pocket Mouse	p. 125
Hispid Pocket Mouse	p. 126
Ord's Kangaroo Rat	p. 127
Family CastoriaeùBeavers	p. 129
American Beaver	p. 130
Family CricetidaeùNative Mice, Rats, and Voles	p. 133
Western Harvest Mouse	p. 134
Plains Harvest Mouse	p. 135
Brush Mouse	p. 136
Canyon Mouse	p. 137
White-footed Mouse	p. 138
Deer Mouse	p. 139
Northern Rock Mouse	p. 140
Pinon Mouse	p. 141
Northern Grasshopper Mouse	p. 142
Hispid Cotton Rat	p. 143
White-throated Woodrat	p. 144
Bushy-tailed Woodrat	p. 145
Eastern Woodrat	p. 147
Desert Woodrat	p. 148
Mexican Woodrat	p. 149
Southern Plains Woodrat	p. 150
Southern Red-backed Vole	p. 151
Western Heather Vole	p. 152
Long-tailed Vole	p. 153
Mexican Vole	p. 154
Montane Vole	p. 156
Prairie Vole	p. 157
Meadow Vole	p. 158
Sagebrush Vole	p. 159
Muskrat	p. 160
Family MuridaeùOld World Mice and Rats	p. 163
House Mouse	p. 164
Norway Rat	p. 165
Family DipodidaeùJumping Mice and Jerboas	p. 167
Meadow Jumping Mouse	p. 168
Western Jumping Mouse	p. 170
Family ErethizontidaeùNew World Porcupines	p. 171
North American Porcupine	p. 172
Order Carnivora Carnivores: Meat Eaters	p. 176
Family CanidaeùDogs	p. 177
Coyote	p. 178
Gray Wolf	p. 180
Kit Fox	p. 182
Swift Fox	p. 184
Red Fox	p. 185
Gray Fox	p. 186
Family UrsidaeùBears	p. .187
Black Bear	p. 188
Grizzly Bear	p. 190
Family ProcyonidaeùRaccoons and Relatives	p. 193
Ringtail	p. 194
Raccoon	p. 195
Family MustelidaeùWeasels	p. 197
Pine (American) Marten	p. 198
Short-tailed Weasel (Ermine)	p. 199
Long-tailed Weasel	p. 200
Black-footed Ferret	p. 202
Mink	p. 204
Wolverine	p. 205
American Badger	p. 207
Northern River Otter	p. 208
Family MephitidaeùSkunks	p. 211
Western Spotted Skunk	p. 212
Eastern Spotted Skunk	p. 213
Striped Skunk	p. 214
Family FelidaeùCats	p. 217
Mountain Lion	p. 218
Canada Lynx	p. 220
Bobcat	p. 222
Order Perissodactyla Odd-toed Hoofed Animals	p. 226
Family EquidaeùHorses	p. 227
Wild Horse	p. 228
Order Artiodactyla Even-toed Hoofed Animals: Deer, Pronghorn, Bison, Goats, and Sheep	p. 232
Family CervidaeùDeer	p. 233
Elk	p. 234
Mule Deer	p. 236
White-tailed Deer	p. 238
Moose	p. 240
Family AntilocapridaeùPronghorn	p. 243
Pronghorn	p. 244
Family BovidaeùCattle, Goats, and Sheep	p. 247
Bison	p. 248
Mountain Goat	p. 250
Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep	p. 251
Desert Bighorn Sheep	p. 253
Where to See Colorado Mammals	p. 255
Checklist of Colorado Mammals	p. 256
Mammals with Limited Colorado Range	p. 261
Whose Skull Is This?	p. 262
Dental Formulas	p. 263
Glossary	p. 266
Other Resources	p. 268
About the Author	p. 269
Index	p. 270
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