1000 Things You Should Know About Mammals

by Johnson, Jinny; Brewer, Duncan

• ISBN13: 9781590844670
• ISBN10: 159084467X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: Mason Crest

Summary

Presents a collection of facts about mammals, presented in 100 illustrated topic panels, each with ten key facts.

Table of Contents

Habitats and lifestyles
What are mammals?	p. 9
The first mammals	p. 13
Desert life	p. 14
What are rodents?	p. 16
Mammal senses	p. 20
Hibernation and dormancy	p. 23
Migration	p. 28
Arctic life	p. 32
What are marsupials?	p. 35
Communication	p. 38
Parental care in mammals	p. 40
Ice Age mammals	p. 42
Camouflage	p. 43
New World marsupials	p. 44
The mating game	p. 46
Life on the plains	p. 51
Heat regulation	p. 52
Hunters and scavengers
Tigers	p. 10
Wild dogs	p. 13
Tasmanian wolf	p. 16
Cheetahs	p. 19
Otters	p. 22
Badgers	p. 24
Hedgehogs	p. 25
Domestic dogs	p. 25
Polar bears	p. 26
Grizzly bears	p. 31
The weasel family	p. 33
Leopards and jaguars	p. 35
Lions	p. 39
Mongooses, civets, genets	p. 43
Mountain lions or pumas	p. 44
Black bears	p. 45
Lynxes and bobcats	p. 49
Wolves	p. 53
Raccoons	p. 53
Hyenas	p. 54
Coyotes and jackals	p. 56
The smaller cats	p. 58
Domestic cats	p. 59
Skunks	p. 59
Meerkats	p. 60
Foxes	p. 61
Plant eaters
Wild pigs and peccaries	p. 6
Bison	p. 6
Reindeer and caribou	p. 8
Sloths	p. 8
Giraffes and okapis	p. 12
Sheep and goats	p. 14
Horses and asses	p. 15
Hippopotamuses	p. 17
Rabbits and hares	p. 17
Elephants	p. 18
Rhinoceroses	p. 21
Old World camels	p. 22
Monotremes	p. 24
Tapirs	p. 27
Llamas and their relatives	p. 28
Pandas	p. 30
Domestic cattle	p. 36
Kangaroos	p. 37
Moose and elk	p. 41
Prehistoric elephants	p. 46
Buffaloes	p. 48
Koalas	p. 49
Fruit bats	p. 52
Gazelles and antelopes	p. 55
Deer and chevrotains	p. 57
Zebras	p. 61
Sea mammals
Sea otters	p. 7
Walruses	p. 9
Seals	p. 21
Manatees and dugongs	p. 27
Toothed whales	p. 34
Dolphins	p. 40
Baleen whales	p. 48
Rodents and insect eaters
Porcupines	p. 7
Beavers	p. 11
Aardvarks	p. 12
Squirrels	p. 20
Rats	p. 29
Anteaters	p. 29
Moles and shrews	p. 30
Lemurs	p. 32
Capybaras and coypus	p. 33
Armadillos and pangolins	p. 36
Voles and lemmings	p. 37
Australasian marsupials	p. 41
Mole rats	p. 45
Bats	p. 47
Gliders	p. 56
Tenrecs and otter shrews	p. 57
Mice	p. 60
Primates
Orangutans	p. 11
Gorillas	p. 19
Old World monkeys	p. 38
Chimpanzees	p. 50
New World monkeys	p. 51
Gibbons	p. 54
Baboons	p. 58
Index and Acknowledgments	p. 62
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