Fauna Boreali-Americana; the Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America

by Richardson, John; Swainson, William; Kirby, William

• ISBN13: 9781108041690
• ISBN10: 1108041698
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-02-16
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

Summary

Sir John Richardson (1787-1865), surgeon, naturalist and Arctic explorer, went on Sir John Franklin's first two Arctic expeditions as ship's doctor and naturalist, and made observations and collected a large number of plant and animal specimens from the Canadian Arctic. On his return to England after the second expedition he began to write this four-volume work of natural history, first published between 1829 and 1837. A volume is dedicated to each of the classes of mammal, bird, fish and insect, which are found in the Canadian Arctic. This work is an interesting example of pre-Darwinian natural history, full of detailed descriptions of the appearance, anatomy and behaviour of the different species. Volume 1, first published in 1829, focuses on mammals. Descriptions of the species sometimes include details of interactions between humans and that species; for example, unfortunate encounters between sailors and polar bears.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Osseous Fishes: Acanthopterygii: Percoideae

Mulli

Cottoideae

Claenoideae

Sparoideae

Maenoideae

Chaetodontoideae

Anabasideae

Scomberoideae

Taenioideae

Siganoideae

Mugiloideae

Gobioideae

Batrachoideae

Labroideae

Fistularoideae

Malacopterygii Abdominalis: Cyprinoideae

Esocidae

Siluroideae

Salmonoideae

Clupeoideae

Malacopterygii Subbrachiati: Gadoideae

Platessoideae

Discoboli

Macacopterygii Apodes: Anguilliformes

Lophobranchii

Plectognathi

Cartilaginous Fishes: Chondropterygii Eleutheropomi: Sturionideae

Chondropterygii Trematopneontes: Selachii

Cyclostomata

Index

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