Guide to the Mammals of Pennsylvania - (Regional) by Joseph Merritt (Paperback)

About the Book

An Indispensable Field Guide for Professional and Amateur Naturalists With a newly redesigned cover. This extensive, portable guidebook contains behavior and ecological characteristics, Pennsylvania and North American range maps, and photographs of the sixty-three different species of wild mammals that populate Pennsylvania's hills and valleys.

Book Synopsis

From the tiny shrew to the black bear, Pennsylvania's hills and valleys teem with sixty-three species of wild mammals. Written in lively prose, the Guide to the Mammals of Pennsylvania introduces readers to Pennsylvania's environment and the characteristics of these disparate local animals. Each entry includes a short list of data, a Pennsylvania range map, a North American range map, and a narrative of the physical, ecological, and behavioral characteristics of the species. Photographs of each species in its natural habitat and drawings of animal tracks are especially useful for identification, and a glossary and bibliography provide definitions and references for the serious reader. Guide to the Mammals of Pennsylvania provides students, scholars, and nature lovers alike with a ready reference to help them distinguish between a deer mouse and a white-footed mouse, to identify raccoon tracks, and to learn about Pennsylvania's myriad wild inhabitants.

From the Back Cover

Student, scholar, and nature lover alike now have a ready reference to distinguish between 63 species of wild mammals in Pennsylvania, many of which are rarely seen except when pursued by an interested biologist, mammalogist, or nature photographer.

Review Quotes

This is a guide that could not fail to meet every need. The conservation minded tramper, the avid hunter, the weekend nature lover, the homeowner in combat with house mice and raccoons, persons of a deeper scientific bent--all must be pleased by this excellent volume.-- "Sunday Local News"

About the Author

John F. Merritt is senior mammalogist with the Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois. He is the former director of Powdermill Biological Station of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, the coauthor of Mammalogy: Adaptation, Diversity, Ecology, and coeditor of Biology of Small Mammals.