| Contents Notes |
This popular guide, with 117 color photographs plus range maps, acquaints readers of all ages with the exceptional variety of mamals found in this four-state region. The authors offer expert descriptions of each species, including feeding habits, activity cycles, reproductive biology, and relation to other animals and humans. By emphasizing the relationships between mammals and their environments, the authors reveal how these animals live throughout the year. They guide readers to an appreciation of mammalian life and a keen awareness of the importance of conservation and habitat preservation. The region -- Characteristics and adaptations of mammals -- observation and study of mammals -- Population regulation and conservation of mammals -- List of mammal species -- Pouched mammals, order marsupialia -- Shrews and moles, order insectivora -- Bats, order chiroptera -- Armadillos, order edentata -- Rabbit and hares, order lagomorpha -- Gnawing mammals, order carnivora -- Cetaceans, orders mysticeti and odontoceti -- Manatees, order sirenia -- Hoofed mammals, order artiodactyla. |
