Animal Tracks of Nevada and the Great Basin

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:	9781551053394
Publisher:	Lone Pine Publishing
Publication date:	03/05/2002
Series:	Animal Tracks , #32
Pages:	176
Sales rank:	608,551
Product dimensions:	4.30(w) x 5.70(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	9 - 11 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
	Map	7
	Tips on Tracking	8
	Terms & Measurements	11
	Mammals	19
	Bison	20
	Elk	22
	Mule Deer	24
	White-tailed Deer	26
	Pronghorn Antelope	28
	Mountain Goat	30
	Bighorn Sheep	32
	Horse	34
	Black Bear	36
	Domestic Dog	38
	Coyote	40
	Red Fox	42
	Kit Fox	44
	Gray Fox	46
	Mountain Lion	48
	Bobcat	50
	Domestic Cat	52
	Ringtail	54
	Raccoon	56
	River Otter	58
	Marten	60
	Mink	62
	Long-tailed Weasel	64
	Short-tailed Weasel	66
	Badger	68
	Striped Skunk	70
	Western Spotted Skunk	72
	Snowshoe Hare	74
	Black-tailed Jackrabbit	76
	Mountain Cottontail	78
	Pika	80
	Porcupine	82
	Beaver	84
	Muskrat	86
	Yellow-bellied Marmot	88
	Great Basin Ground Squirrel	90
	Least Chipmunk	92
	Red Squirrel	94
	Northern Flying Squirrel	96
	Bushy-tailed Woodrat	98
	Norway Rat	100
	Plains Pocket Gopher	102
	Long-tailed Vole	104
	Great Basin Pocket Mouse	106
	Deer Mouse	108
	Western Jumping Mouse	110
	Ord's Kangaroo Rat	112
	Vagrant Shrew	114
	Broad-footed Mole	116
	Birds, Amphibians & Reptiles	119
	Mallard	120
	Herring Gull	122
	Great Blue Heron	124
	Common Snipe	126
	Spotted Sandpiper	128
	Sage Grouse	130
	Great Horned Owl	132
	Burrowing Owl	134
	Greater Roadrunner	136
	American Crow	138
	Dark-eyed Junco	140
	Frogs	142
	Toads	144
	Lizards	146
	Snakes	148
	Appendix
	Track Patterns & Prints	150
	Print Comparisons	163
	Bibliography	168
	Index	169