Mammals of Alabama / Troy L. Best and Julian L. Dusi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Best, Troy L., author.

Dusi, Julian L., author.

Series:

Gosse nature guides.

Gosse Nature Guides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mammals--Alabama--Identification.

Mammals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (519 p.)

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University Alabama Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Beautifully designed and sturdily bound for rugged field use, Mammals of Alabama is the first and only exhaustive guidebook to Alabama's diverse and fascinating mammalian fauna.European and American naturalists visited the territory that would become Alabama as early as the late eighteenth century and marveled at the breadth and variety of its flora and fauna. Yet until today scientists, scholars, and nature enthusiasts had no systematic guide to the state'smammals. Mammals of Alabama fills the gap.Naturally occurring in the state are nine orders, twenty-two fam

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Methods; American Opposums; Dugongs, Manatees, and Sea Cows; Armadillos; Rodents; Hares, Pikas, and Rabbits; Shrews, Moles, Desmans, and Relatives; Bats; Carnivores; Even-toed Ungulates; Appendix 1: Cetaceans (Whales and Dolphins) that Occur, or May Occur, in the Gulf of Mexico and in Coastal Alabama; Appendix 2: Metric to English Measurement Conversions; Glossary; References; About the Authors; Illustration Credits; Index

Notes:

"Published in Cooperation with the Alabama Wildlife Federation."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8173-8680-7

OCLC:

884015785