Peterson Field Guide to Animal Tracks

by Murie, Olaus J.

• ISBN13: 9780618517435
• ISBN10: 061851743X
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-11-10
• Publisher: Houghton Miff

Summary

This all-new edition includes descriptions of the habits, habitats, tracks, signs, and ranges of all the mammals of North America, as well as of selected birds, reptiles, amphibians, and insects. More than one thousand line drawings show individual tracks, track patterns, droppings, and gnawed trees. One hundred color photographs further enhance the text. The authors use an anecdotal approach, and the text is filled with inspirational stories, wonderful natural history, and relevant information about the tracks and signs of North American animals.

Table of Contents

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
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