Recent Mammals of Alaska.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

MacDonald, Stephen O.

Contributor:

Cook, Joseph A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mammals--Alaska.

Mammals.

Local Subjects:

Mammals--Alaska.

Mammals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (401 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, 2010.

Summary:

From the polar bear and the gray wolf to the walrus and river otter, there are 115 species of mammals in Alaska that have never been fully catalogued until now. Biologists Joseph A. Cook and Stephen O. MacDonald have compiled here the first comprehensive guide to all of Alaska’s mammals, big and small, endearing and ferocious. Through extensive fieldwork and research the authors have produced a unique and authoritative reference. Detailed entries for each species include distribution and taxonomic information, status, habitat, and fossil history. Appendices include quick reference listings of mammal distribution by region, specimen locations, conservation status, and the incidence of Pleistocene mammals. The guide is generously illustrated with line drawings by Alaskan artist W. D. Berry and includes several maps indicating populations and locations of species. Mammals of Alaska will be an accessible, easy to use source for scholars and hobbyists alike.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; A Brief History of Mammalogy and Mammal Collectors in Alaska; Appreciating the Limits of Our Knowledge of Alaska's Mammalian Diversity; Beringian Coevolution Project; Specimen Representation: Time and Space; Study Area; Regional Overviews; Alaska's Island Archipelagos; Materials and Methods; Fieldwork; Collaborations; Additional Museum Studies; Laboratory Studies; Museum Specimens; Accounts of Species and Subspecies; The Recent Mammals of Alaska; Faunal Composition; List of Species; Order PROBOSCIDEA; Order SIRENIA; Order PRIMATES

Order RODENTIAOrder LAGOMORPHA; Order SORICOMORPHA; Order CHIROPTERA; Order CARNIVORA; Order ARTIODACTYLA; Order CETACEA; Literature Cited; Appendices; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Appendix 4; Appendix 5; Appendix 6; Appendix 7; Appendix 8; Appendix 9; Appendix 10; Appendix 11; Appendix 12; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9781602231160

1602231168

OCLC:

1479751931