Wild Animals of North America--Intimate Studies of Big and Little Creatures of the Mammal Kingdom [1918]

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Nelson, Edward William, 1855-1934

Title

Wild Animals of North America Intimate Studies of Big and Little Creatures of the Mammal Kingdom

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English

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QL: Science: Zoology

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Mammals -- North America

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59475

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May 10, 2019

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Contents

1. 1.WILD ANIMALS OF NORTH AMERICA INTIMATE STUDIES OF BIG AND LITTLE CREATURES OF THE MAMMAL KINGDOM BY EDWARD W. NELSON Natural-Color Portraits from Paintings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes Track Sketches by Ernest Thompson Seton PUBLISHED BY THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY WASHINGTON, D. C. U. S. A.
2. 2.INTRODUCTION
3. 3.INDEX TO WILD ANIMALS OF NORTH AMERICA
4. 4.The Larger North American Mammals — TRAINS HELD UP BY BUFFALO — ANTELOPES EVERYWHERE — WANTON WASTE OF WILD LIFE — SPECIES COME AND SPECIES GO — VAST NATURAL MUSEUMS OF EXTINCT ANIMAL LIFE — DID MAN LIVE THEN? — CAMELS AND HORSES ORIGINATED IN NORTH AMERICA — FEWER LARGE MAMMALS IN THE TROPICS — DESTROYING THE IRRESTORABLE — SAVING OUR WILD LIFE — OPOSSUM, VIRGINIA OPOSSUM ( Didelphis virginiana and its subspecies) — RACCOON ( Procyon lotor and its subspecies) — CANADA LYNX (Lynx canadensis) — BOBCAT, OR BAY LYNX ( Lynx ruffus and its subspecies) — MOUNTAIN LION ( Felis couguar and its subspecies) — JAGUAR ( Felis hernandesi and its subspecies) — JAGUARUNDI CAT, OR EYRA ( Felis cacomitli and its subspecies) — TIGER-CATS, OR OCELOTS ( Felis pardalis and its relatives) — RED FOX ( Vulpes fulva and its relatives) — ALASKA RED FOX (Vulpes kenaiensis) — GRAY FOX ( Urocyon cinereoargenteus and its relatives) — DESERT FOX ( Vulpes macrotis and its subspecies) — BADGER ( Taxidea taxus and its subspecies) — ARCTIC WOLF (Canis tundrarum) — GRAY, OR TIMBER, WOLF ( Canis nubilus and its relatives) — PLAINS COYOTE, OR PRAIRIE WOLF (Canis latrans) — ARIZONA, OR MEARNS, COYOTE (Canis mearnsi) — WHITE, OR ARCTIC, FOX (Alopex lagopus) — PRIBILOF BLUE FOX (Alopex lagopus pribilofensis) — WOLVERINE (Gulo luscus) — PACIFIC WALRUS (Odobenus obesus) — ALASKA FUR SEAL (Callorhinus alascanus) — STELLER SEA-LION (Eumetopias jubata) — SEA OTTER ( Latax lutris and its subspecies) — NORTHERN SEA-ELEPHANT, OR ELEPHANT SEAL (Mirounga augustirostris) — HARBOR SEAL, OR LEOPARD SEAL (Phoca vitulina) — HARP SEAL, SADDLE-BACK, OR GREENLAND SEAL (Phoca grœnlandica) — RIBBON SEAL ( Phoca fasciata ) (see polar bear group, page 438 ) — POLAR BEAR (Thalarctos maritimus) — BLACK BEAR ( Ursus americanus and its subspecies) — GLACIER BEAR (Ursus emmonsi) — GRIZZLY BEAR ( Ursus horribilis and its relatives) — ALASKAN BROWN BEAR ( Ursus gyas and its relatives) — AMERICAN BEAVER ( Castor canadensis and its subspecies) — FISHER, OR PEKAN (Mustela pennanti) — OTTER ( Lutra canadensis and its relatives) — COLLARED PECCARY, OR MUSKHOG (Pecari angulatus) — ROCKY MOUNTAIN SHEEP ( Ovis canadensis and its relatives) — STONE MOUNTAIN SHEEP (Ovis stonei) — DALL MOUNTAIN SHEEP (Ovis dalli) — ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT ( Oreamnos montanus and its subspecies) — PRONG-HORN ANTELOPE ( Antilocapra americana and its geographic races) — WAPITI, OR AMERICAN ELK ( Cervus canadensis and its relatives) — MULE DEER ( Odocoileus hemionus and its subspecies) — BLACK-TAILED DEER ( Odocoileus columbianus and its subspecies) — VIRGINIA, OR WHITE-TAILED, DEER ( Odocoileus virginianus and its subspecies) — ARIZONA WHITE-TAILED DEER (Odocoileus couesi) — WOODLAND CARIBOU ( Rangifer caribou and its subspecies) — BARREN GROUND CARIBOU ( Rangifer arcticus and its subspecies) (see illustration, page 422 ). — MOOSE ( Alces americanus and its subspecies) — AMERICAN BISON ( Bison bison and its subspecies) — MUSK-OX ( Ovibos moschatus and its subspecies) — FLORIDA MANATI (Trichechus latirostris) — KILLER WHALE (Orcinus orca) — WHITE WHALE, OR BELUGA (Delphinapterus leucas) — GREENLAND RIGHT WHALE, OR BOWHEAD (Balæna mysticetus) — SPERM WHALE, OR CACHALOT (Physeter macrocephalus)
5. 5.THE LARGER NORTH AMERICAN MAMMALS
6. 6.SMALLER MAMMALS OF NORTH AMERICA By Edward W. Nelson Chief, U. S. Biological Survey With illustrations in color from paintings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes — FURRY FRIENDS AND ENEMIES — ANIMALS THAT LEARNED TO “DIG IN” — A DEPARTURE FOR EVERY NEED — STRANGE ADAPTATIONS TO MEET CONDITIONS OF ENVIRONMENT AND COMPETITION — GEOGRAPHY AND COLOR — ANIMAL CHEMISTS CHANGE STARCH INTO WATER — GNAWERS MOST NUMEROUS OF MAMMALS — CASES OF CONCENTRATED FEROCITY — WHY THE SKUNK NEVER HURRIES — GOOD HOUSEKEEPING IN RODENT LAND — THE EBB AND FLOW OF ANTAGONISTIC SPECIES — ANIMALS THAT SEEK SAFETY IN DARKNESS — COUNTLESS BEASTS THAT ROAM THE NIGHT — ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE AKIN TO MAN’S — PEEPS INTO FUR-FOLK HOMES — NEW COATS FOR BOREAS’ COURT — ANIMALS THAT HAVE TO SING — BATS WITH BULLDOG FACES — ANIMALS THAT PUT THEMSELVES IN COLD STORAGE — DEFENSIVE AND OFFENSIVE ANIMAL ALLIANCES — THE ANTELOPE JACK RABBIT ( Lepus alleni and its relatives) — THE CALIFORNIA JACK RABBIT — THE VARYING HARES ( Lepus americanus and its relatives) — THE ARCTIC HARE ( Lepus arcticus and its relatives) — THE COTTONTAIL RABBITS ( Sylvilagus floridanus and its relatives) — THE MARSH RABBIT ( Sylvilagus palustris and its relatives) — THE PIKA, OR CONY ( Ochotona princeps and its relatives) — THE PORCUPINE ( Erethizon dorsatum and its relatives) — THE JUMPING MOUSE ( Zapus hudsonius and its relatives) — THE SILKY POCKET MICE ( Perognathus flavus and its relatives) — THE SPINY POCKET MICE ( Perognathus hispidus and its relatives) — THE POCKET GOPHERS ( Geomys bursarius and its relatives) — THE KANGAROO RATS ( Dipodomys spectabilis and its relatives) — THE BANDED LEMMING ( Dicrostonyx nelsoni and its relatives) — THE BROWN LEMMING ( Lemmus alascensis and its relatives) — THE COMMON FIELD MOUSE, OR MEADOW MOUSE ( Microtus pennsylvanicus and its relatives) — THE PINE MOUSE ( Pitymys pinetorum and its relatives) — THE RED-BACKED MOUSE ( Evotomys gapperi and its relatives) — THE RUFOUS TREE MOUSE ( Phenacomys longicaudus and its relatives) — THE MUSKRAT ( Fiber zibethicus and its relatives) — THE WOODRAT ( Neotoma albigula and its relatives) — THE HARVEST MOUSE ( Reithrodontomys megalotis and its relatives) — THE GRASSHOPPER MOUSE ( Onychomys leucogaster and its relatives) — THE WHITE-FOOTED MOUSE ( Peromyscus leucopus and its relatives) — THE BEACH MOUSE ( Peromyscus polionotus niveiventris and its relatives) — THE BIG-EARED ROCK MOUSE ( Peromyscus truei and its relatives) — THE BROWN RAT ( Rattus norvegicus and its relatives) — THE HOUSE MOUSE (Mus musculus) — THE MOUNTAIN-BEAVER ( Aplodontia rufa phaea and its relatives) — THE COMMON WOODCHUCK, OR AMERICAN MARMOT ( Marmota monax and its relatives) — THE HOARY MARMOT, OR WHISTLER ( Marmota caligata and its relatives) — THE PRAIRIE-DOG ( Cynomys ludovicianus and its relatives) — THE STRIPED GROUND SQUIRREL ( Citellus tridecemlineatus and its subspecies) — THE CALIFORNIA GROUND SQUIRREL ( Citellus beecheyi and its relatives) — THE ANTELOPE CHIPMUNK ( Ammospermophilus leucurus and its relatives) — THE GOLDEN CHIPMUNK ( Callospermophilus lateralis chrysodeirus and its relatives) — THE EASTERN CHIPMUNK ( Tamias striatus and its relatives) — THE OREGON CHIPMUNK ( Eutamias townsendi and its relatives) — THE PAINTED CHIPMUNK ( Eutamias minimus pictus and its relatives) — THE RED SQUIRREL ( Sciurus hudsonicus and its relatives) — THE DOUGLAS SQUIRREL ( Sciurus douglasi and its relatives) — THE GRAY SQUIRREL ( Sciurus carolinensis and its relatives) — THE FOX SQUIRREL ( Sciurus niger and its relatives) — THE RUSTY FOX SQUIRREL (Sciurus niger rufiventer) — THE ABERT SQUIRREL ( Sciurus aberti and its subspecies) — THE KAIBAB SQUIRREL (Sciurus kaibabensis) — THE FLYING SQUIRREL ( Glaucomys volans and its relatives) — THE BLACK-FOOTED FERRET ( Mustela nigripes and its relatives) — THE LEAST WEASEL ( Mustela rixosus and its relatives) — THE AMERICAN MINK ( Mustela vison and its relatives) — THE MARTEN, OR AMERICAN SABLE ( Martes americana and its relatives) — THE LITTLE SPOTTED SKUNK ( Spilogale putorius and its relatives) — THE HOG-NOSED SKUNK ( Conepatus mesoleucus and its relatives) — THE NINE-BANDED ARMADILLO ( Dasypus novemcincta and its relatives) — THE OREGON MOLE ( Scapanus townsendi and its relatives) — THE STAR-NOSED MOLE (Condylura cristata) — THE COMMON SHREW ( Sorex personatus and its relatives) — THE SHORT-TAILED SHREW ( Blarina brevicauda and its relatives) — THE RED BAT (Nycteris borealis) — THE HOARY BAT (Nycteris cinereus) — THE MEXICAN BAT ( Nyctinomus mexicanus and its subspecies) — THE BIG-EARED DESERT BAT ( Antrozous pallidus and its relatives) — Transcriber’s Note:

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