Mammals of Kentucky / Roger W. Barbour & Wayne H. Davis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barbour, Roger W., 1919-1993, author.

Davis, Wayne Harry, 1930- author.

Series:

Kentucky nature studies ; 5.

Kentucky Nature Studies ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mammals--Kentucky.

Mammals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (370 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1974.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Because of its central situation in the Eastern United States and the variety of habitats to be found within its borders, Kentucky has an interesting mixture of mammals, including some characteristic of the Deep South, the West, and the North. All 63 species native to the state are described and illustrated in this volume, the fifth in a series of guides to the wildlife of Kentucky. The book is conveniently arranged by orders, families, and species, and identification is facilitated by illustrated keys and by a series of dramatic color photographs. In the account of each species, the authors d

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Table of Equivalents; Introduction; Class Mammalia: Mammals; Order Marsupialia: Marsupials; Order Insectivora: Insectivores; Soricidae: Shrews; Talpidae: Moles; Order Chiroptera: Bats; Vespertilionidae: Vespertilionid Bats; Molossidae: Free-tailed Bats; Order Lagomorpha: Rabbits; Order Rodentia: Rodents; Sciuridae: Squirrels; Castoridae: Beavers; Cricetidae: Ne-w World Rats and Mice; Zapodidae: Jumping Mice; Order Carnivora: Carnivores; Canidae: Foxes and Allies; Ursidae: Bears; Procyonidae: Raccoons and Allies

Mustelidae: Weasels and AlliesFelidae: Cats; Order Artiodactyla: Even-toed Ungulates; Appendixes; I Dental Formulae of Kentucky Mammals; II Key to the Skulls of Kentucky Mammals; III Mammals of Problematic or Relatively Recent Occurrence in Kentucky; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-2669-X

0-8131-5647-5

OCLC:

900344610