Description
Book SynopsisWith more than 50 colour photographs, this is a non-technical guide to the mammals of the Southern Rocky Mountains and their foothills, with special emphasis on Rocky Mountain National Park and vicinity. It also describes each animal and its signs, habits, habitat, and natural history, noting times when seasonal events such as elk sparring occur.
Trade Review"This new book should be in the day pack, backpack, saddlebag, purse, or glove compartment of all who visit the high country in and around Rocky Mountain National Park." -- Bloomsbury Review. "Armstrong is unusually successful in presenting scientific fact without seeming to; this reads like popular nature writing but is heavy with interesting information on how each animal makes its living and interacts with its environment." -- Books of the Southwest.
Table of ContentsCONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES; CHECKLIST OF MAMMALS OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK AND VICINITY; 1. INTRODUCTION; Organization; Explanation of Terminology; Measurements; Acknowledgments; 2. WHAT IS A MAMMAL?; Historical; Anatomical; Reproductive and Developmental; 3. MAMMALIAN DISTRIBUTION; The Ecological Context; Elevational Distribution; Faunal Relationships of Rocky Mountain National Park; 4. HOW TO OBSERVE MAMMALS; 5. ORDER SORICOMORPHA; 6. ORDER CHIROPTERA; 7. ORDER PRIMATES; 8. ORDER LAGOMORPHA; 9. ORDER RODENTIA; 10. ORDER CARNIVORA; 11. ORDER ARTIODACTYLA; Appendices; I. KEY TO MAMMALS OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK AND VICINITY; II. GLOSSARY; III. DERIVATION OF SCIENTIFIC NAMES; LITERATURE CITED; APPROXIMATE CONVERSION FACTORS, METRIC-ENGLISH MEASUREMENTS
