Animal Tracks of Mississippi and Louisiana

by Tamara Eder, Edwin Arnfield

Overview

Concise descriptions of the animals and their tracks are combined with detailed drawings of the front and back prints, stride patterns and other important identifying aspects. Each animal is captured in accurate black-and-white illustrations, including pattern and print comparisons. A perfect guide for teachers, parents, hikers and urban adventurers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781551053158
Publisher:	Lone Pine Publishing
Publication date:	03/04/2002
Series:	Animal Tracks , #28
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	4.25(w) x 5.75(h) x 0.54(d)
Age Range:	9 Years

About the Author

Tamara Eder, equipped from the age of six with a canoe, a dip net and a notepad, grew up on Alberta with a fascination for nature and the diversity of life, She has a degree in environmental conservation sciences, and has photographed and written about wildlife in Bermuda, the Galapagos Islands,the Amazon Basin, Argentina, Tibet and India. With a fondness for paleontology, Tamara has studied and participated in paleo digs in Alberta and Patagonia. She has worked in both Canada and Argentina as an interpretive naturalist and guide, specializing in ecology and paleontology. An award-winning photographer, her photographs appear in numerous books, posters and online magazines. Tamara now lives in Patagonia and she continues to write, photograph and travel.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	4
	How to Use This Book	5
	Tips on Tracking	6
	Map	7
	Terms & Measurements	10
	Mammals	17
	White-tailed Deer	18
	Feral Pig	20
	Horse	22
	Black Bear	24
	Domestic Dog	26
	Coyote	28
	Red Fox	30
	Gray Fox	32
	Mountain Lion	34
	Bobcat	36
	Domestic Cat	38
	Raccoon	40
	Opossum	42
	Nine-banded Armadillo	44
	River Otter	46
	Mink	48
	Long-tailed Weasel	50
	Striped Skunk	52
	Eastern Spotted Skunk	54
	Eastern Cottontail	56
	Nutria	58
	Beaver	60
	Muskrat	62
	Woodchuck	64
	Eastern Chipmunk	66
	Eastern Gray Squirrel	68
	Fox Squirrel	70
	Southern Flying Squirrel	72
	Eastern Woodrat	74
	Norway Rat	76
	Hispid Cotton Rat	78
	Baird's Pocket Gopher	80
	Woodland Vole	82
	Cotton Mouse	84
	Southeastern Shrew	86
	Eastern Mole	88
	Birds, Amphibians & Reptiles	91
	Mallard	92
	Herring Gull	94
	Great Blue Heron	96
	Common Snipe	98
	Spotted Sandpiper	100
	Great Horned Owl	102
	American Crow	104
	Northern Flicker	106
	Dark-eyed Junco	108
	Northern Cardinal	110
	Frogs	112
	Toads	114
	Salamanders & Newts	116
	Lizards & Skinks	118
	Turtles	120
	Snakes	122
	Appendix
	Track Patterns & Prints	124
	Print Comparisons	135
	Bibliography	138
	Index	139