The best-selling box advisor that "sets new criteria" (New Scientist) and "makes all different box courses for mammals of the U.S.. . . and Canada out of date" (Journal of Mammalogy) is now even larger. protecting 20 species well-known considering the fact that 2002 and together with thirteen new colour plates, this absolutely revised version of Mammals of North America illustrates all 462 identified mammal species within the usa and Canada--each in attractive colour and exact aspect. With a extra updated species record than the other consultant, better facing-page descriptions, easier-to-read distribution maps, up to date universal and medical names, and song and scat illustrations, this slender, mild, and easy-to-use quantity is the must-have resource for picking out North American mammals.

Roland Kays and Don Wilson have scoured the technical literature to tug out the foremost alterations among comparable species, and illustrated those at any time when attainable, making the consultant precious to beginner naturalists zoologists alike. informal animal watchers will savor the evaluate of mammal range and the information on picking animals they could undercover agent of their binoculars, whereas scientists will have fun with the exacting aspect had to distinguish related species, together with illustrations of shrew the teeth, bat feet, and whale dorsal fins.

• The best-illustrated and easiest-to-use box advisor to North American mammals
• Beautiful and exact colour illustrations of all 462 mammals present in the U.S. and Canada--including 20 species well-known for the reason that 2002
• 112 colour plates--including thirteen new ones
• Key identity information--fully revised--on dealing with pages
• The most modern taxonomy/species checklist
• Fully revised, easy-to-read variety maps
• Illustrations of tracks, scat, and whale and dolphin dive sequences