Author: Richard LydekkerPublisher:
ISBN: 9783337710712
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
A Handbook to the Carnivora
Author: Richard LydekkerPublisher:
ISBN: 9783337710712
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
A Handbook to the Carnivora
Author: Richard LydekkerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Carnivora
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Felids and Hyenas of the World
Author: José R. CastellóPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691211868
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The most comprehensive and user-friendly photographic field guide to the world’s wildcats and hyenas From the Leopard Cat of Asia, the Black-footed Cat of Africa, and the Amur Tiger of Siberia to South America’s Ocelots and North America’s Bobcats, the wildcats known as felids are among the most fascinating and spectacular of all animals. This stunningly illustrated book is the most comprehensive and user-friendly guide to the world’s felids and their often misunderstood relative, the hyenas. Covering and illustrating every species and subspecies, the guide features more than 150 superb full-color plates that incorporate more than 600 photographs and show species in similar poses for quick and easy comparison. Drawing on the latest taxonomy and research, the facing-page species accounts provide distribution maps, common and scientific names, and detailed information on key identification features, distribution, behavior, reproduction, similar species, habitat, conservation status, and where to observe each species. An ideal field companion for use anywhere in the world, the book will appeal to both casual nature enthusiasts and seasoned professionals. Covers 41 felids and 4 hyenas—every species and subspecies in the world Features more than 150 color plates incorporating more than 600 photos Depicts species in similar poses for quick and easy comparisons Provides key identification information in detailed, facing-page species accounts Uses the latest taxonomy Includes easy-to-read distribution maps and tips on where to observe each species
The Westminster Review
Author: Weasels, Civets, Mongooses, and Their Relatives
Author: A. SchreiberDifferences
Author: Simba, the Life of the Lion
Author: Charles Albert Walter GuggisbergPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lion
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Carnivore Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution
Author: John L. GittlemanPublisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501745816
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 639
Book Description
The mammalian order Carnivora is characterized by an incredible range of morphological, ecological, and behavioral variation. Carnivores can be as small as the 100-gram least weasel or as large as the 800-kilogram polar bear. Their reproductive rate can vary from one offspring every five years, as with some black bears, to three litters a year, as with the dwarf mongoose. Group sizes can be traced along a wide continuum, from the solitary ermine to the monogamous golden jackal to the large extended packs of as many as 80 spotted hyenas. Until recently the general habits of most wild carnivore species were inadequately understood. In the last decade, however, improved technologies, including the use of radiotelemetry and night-vision scopes, have led to many important discoveries. This book is at once a critical summary and an evaluation of current research on carnivores. A worthy successor to R.F. Ewer's monumental volume, The Carnivores (Cornell University Press), it is the work of 30 leading carnivore biologists, who here assemble comparative data on the basic anatomical, behavioral, ecological, physiological, reproductive, and evolutionary characteristics of this group. After a general introduction to the Carnivora, the volume is divided in three parts, each of which begins with a brief introduction outlining its main themes. Part I, Behavior, covers acoustic and olfactory communication, behavioral development, behavioral ecology of canids and hyaenids, modes of solitary living, and group living. In Part II, Ecology, topics include feeding ecology of the giant panda and Asiatic black bear, adatpations for aquatic living, ecological constraints on predation in felids, consequences of small size in mustelids, rate of basal metabolism and food habits, and reproductive output. Part III, Evolution, deals with the morphological approaches to phylogeny, and the fossil record. An appendix presents a complete classification of the Carnivora, including topics of continuing controversy. Highlighting recent developments in the study of the Carnivora and areas for further research, this broad synthesis will be of great value of students and researchers in animal behavior, behavioral ecology, wildlife ecology, mammalogy, paleontology, systematics, and evolution theory. It will also encourage realistic conservation programs to manage rapidly diminishing populations and will elucidate particular features of the carnivores for nonspecialist readers.
Second Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America
Author: Oliver Perry HayPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Craniata, Fossil
Languages : en
Pages : 950
Book Description
The Tiger Paper
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : National parks and reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description