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What Is a Mammal?
Mammals and the Great Lakes Ecosystem
The European Invasion
Modern Human Impacts
species accounts
Marsupials (Infraclass Metatheria)
New World Opossums (Order Didelphimorphia)
New World Opossums (Family Didelphidae)
Placental or Eutherian Mammals (Infraclass Eutheria)
Shrews and Moles (Order Soricomorpha)
Shrews (Family Soricidae)
Moles (Family Talpidae)
Bats (Order Chiroptera)
Evening or Plain-nosed Bats (Family Vespertilionidae)
Rabbits, Hares, and Pikas (Order Lagomorpha)
Rabbits and Hares (Family Leporidae)
Rodents (Order Rodentia)
Squirrels (Family Sciuridae)
Pocket Gophers (Family Geomyidae)
Beavers (Family Castoridae)
New World Rats and Mice, Voles, and Their Allies (Family Cricetidae)
Old World Rats and Mice, and Their Allies (Family Muridae)
Jumping Mice (Family Zapodidae)
New World Porcupines (Family Erethizontidae)
Carnivorans (Order Carnivora)
Dogs, Foxes, and Wolves (Family Canidae)
Bears (Family Ursidae)
Raccoons and Their Allies (Family Procyonidae)
Weasels and Their Allies (Family Mustelidae)
Skunks and Stink Badgers (Family Mephitidae)
Cats (Family Felidae)
Even-toed Ungulates and Whales (Order Artiodactyla)
Deer (Family Cervidae)
Pigs and Hogs (Family Suidae)
Capturing Small Mammals
Ethical, Legal, and Health Considerations
Live Traps
Snap Traps
Sampling Small Mammal Populations with Traps
Pitfalls
Alternatives to Traps
Harp Traps and Mist Nets for Bats
Specimen Preparation
Measuring Specimens and Recording Data
Preparing a Study Skin
Fluid Preservation
Tanning Small Mammal Skins
Cleaning Skulls
Identifying Adult Mammals of the Great Lakes Region
Key to Skulls
Key to Mammals in the Flesh
Summary of Measurements and Life History Information
Dental Formulae
Tracks of Mammals
Technical Names of Organisms Mentioned in the Text
Plants
Animals
Glossary
References
Index.