Wild Animals of North America / Intimate Studies of Big and Little Creatures of the Mammal Kingdom
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- 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.
- INTRODUCTION
- INDEX TO WILD ANIMALS OF NORTH AMERICA
- 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)
- THE LARGER NORTH AMERICAN MAMMALS
- 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)
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