Title: The natural history of Canadian mammals /
Authors: Naughton, Donna.; Canadian Museum of Nature
Publisher: University of Toronto Press ; Co-published by Canadian Museum of Nature,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Mammals Canada; Mammals Canada Identification.; Natural history Canada; Mammifères Canada Identification.; Sciences naturelles Canada.
Abstract: "A Northern Pocket Gopher can dig an amazing half a metre of tunnel through compacted clay soil in just 15 minutes. North American Beavers, along with humans, are the only mammals whose impact on their environment is so massive that it can be clearly seen with the naked eye from outer space. And there really are Narwhals - the single-tusked mammals that likely inspired the unicorn legend - living in the waters surrounding Greenland.
Contents: 1. Order Didelphimorphia: New World opossums ; opossums: Family DidelphidaeVirginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) -- 2. Order Primates: apes and monkeys -- 3. Order Rodentia: rodents -- mountain beavers: Family Aplodontiidae ; Mountain Beaver (Aplodontia rufa) --^ squirrels: Family Sciuridae ; Black-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) ; Northern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus) ; Southern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys volans) ; Hoary Marmot (Marmota caligata) ; Yellow-bellied Marmot (Marmota flaviventris) ; Woodchuck (Marmota monax) ; Vancouver Island Marmot (Marmota vancouverensis) ; Eastern Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) ; Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) ; Columbian Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus columbianus) ; Franklin's Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus franklinii) ; Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus lateralis) ; Arctic Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus parryii) ; Richardson's Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus richardsonii) ; Cascade Mantled Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus saturatus) ; Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus) ; Yellow-pine Chipmunk (Tamias amoenus) ; Least Chipmunk (Tamias minimus) ; Red-tailed Chipmunk (Tamias ruficaudus) ; Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus) ; Townsend's Chipmunk (Tamias^ townsendii) ; Douglas' Squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii) ; Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) -- beavers: Family Castoridae ; North American Beaver (Castor canadensis) -- kangaroo rats and pocket mice: Family Heteromyidae ; Ord's Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys ordii) ; Olive-backed Pocket Mouse (Perognathus fasciatus) ; Great Basin Pocket Mouse (Perognathus parvus) -- pocket gophers: Family Geomyidae ; Plains Pocket Gopher (Geomys bursarius) ; Northern Pocket Gopher (Thomomys talpoides) -- jumping mice: Family Dipodidae ; Woodland Jumping Mouse (Napaeozapus insignis) ; Meadow Jumping Mouse (Zapus hudsonius) ; Western Jumping Mouse (Zapus princeps) ; Pacific Jumping Mouse (Zapus trinotatus) --^ rats, mice, voles and lemmings: Family Cricetidae ; voles, lemmings and muskrat: Subfamily Arvicolinae ; Northern Collared Lemming (Dicrostonyx groenlandicus) ; Ungava Collared Lemming (Dicrostonyx hudsonius) ; Ogilvie Mountains Collared Lemming (Dicrostonyx nunatakensis) ; Richardson's Collared Lemming (Dicrostonyx richardsoni) ; Sagebrush Vole (Lemmiscus curtatus) ; Nearctic Brown Lemming (Lemmus trimucronatus) ; Rock Vole (Microtus chrotorrhinus) ; Long-tailed Vole (Microtus longicaudus) ; Singing Vole (Microtus miurus) ; Montane Vole (Microtus montanus) ; Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) ; Tundra Vole (Microtus oeconomus) ; Creeping Vole (Microtus oregoni) ; Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) ; Woodland Vole (Microtus pinetorum) ; North American Water Vole (Microtus richardsoni) ; Townsend's Vole (Microtus townsendii) ;