The Mammals of Virginia

by Linzey, Donald W.

• ISBN13: 9780939923366
• ISBN10: 093992336X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: Univ of Tennessee Pr

Summary

In this handsome volume, Donald W. Linzey offers a comprehensive review of the state of knowledge concerning the mammals of Virginia and the literature about them that has emerged over the past four hundred years.

The book opens with a historical account of mammal investigations in Virginia and a summary of the natural regions of the Commonwealth. Most of the book consists of systematic summaries of the zoology and ecology of each species of mammal that occurs, or recently occurred, in Virginia. Each account describes the species with notes on its distribution, habitat affiliation, behavior, diet, reproduction and development, longevity, parasitology, and selected other topics that vary among the species, as well as a list of locations of museum specimens. A color photograph and line drawing of the skull and mandible from standard perspectives is provided for each species. Among the appendixes is a review of the mammalian fauna of Virginia during the past Ice Age. A substantial reference section identifies more than 2,700 published sources of information abou

Table of Contents

Preface	ix	(2)
Acknowledgements	xi
Introduction	3	(20)
Introduction	3	(6)
History of Mammal Investigations in Virginia	9	(8)
Physiographic Regions of Virginia	17	(6)
Species Accounts	23	(278)
Species Accounts	23	(172)
Opossums	27	(6)
Opossums	27	(6)
Insectivores	33	(24)
Shrews	33	(17)
Moles	50	(7)
Bats	57	(38)
Vespertilionid Bats	60	(35)
Rabbits, Hares, and Pikas	95	(16)
Rabbits and Hares	96	(15)
Rodents	111	(84)
Chipmunks, Woodchucks, and Squirrels	112	(23)
Beaver	135	(5)
Murid Rats and Mice	140	(44)
Jumping Mice	184	(5)
New World Porcupines	189	(1)
Nutria	190	(5)
Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises	195	(24)
Delphinids	198	(8)
Porpoises	206	(1)
Beaked Whales	207	(3)
Sperm Whales	210	(3)
Rorquals	213	(4)
Right Whales	217	(2)
Carnivores	219	(56)
Suborder Fissipedia -- Land Carnivores	219	(54)
Dogs, Foxes, and Wolves	219	(15)
Bears	234	(6)
Raccoons	240	(5)
Mustelids	245	(12)
Skunks and Stink Badgers	257	(7)
Cats	264	(9)
Suborder Pinnipedia -- Marine Carnivores	273	(2)
Seals and Sea Lions	273	(2)
Sirenians	275	(4)
Manatees	275	(4)
Odd-Toed Ungulates	279	(4)
Horses	279	(4)
Even-Toed Ungulates	283	(18)
Pigs	283	(2)
Deer	285	(10)
Bovids	295	(6)
Appendixes	301	(50)
Appendix I -- Checklist of Mammals of Virginia	301	(4)
Appendix II -- Mammals Whose Type Localities Are in Virginia	305	(2)
Appendix III -- Glossary	307	(4)
Appendix IV -- Credits for Color Plates	311	(2)
Appendix V -- Tables	313	(18)
Appendix VI -- The Late Wisconsinan Mammalian Fauna of Virginia	331	(20)
Jerry N. McDonald
Ralph E. Eshelman
Frederick Grady
David A. Hubbard, Jr.
References and Index	351
Literature Cited and Bibliography of Virginia Mammals	351	(100)
Index	451