The Fur Bearing Animals Of North America

Author : Elliott Coues
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ISBN 13 : 9781331875833
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (758 download)

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Download or read book Fur-Bearing Animals written by Elliott Coues and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Fur-Bearing Animals: A Monograh of North American Mustelidae, in Which an Account of the Wolverene, the Martens or Sables, the Ermine, the Mink and Various Other Kinds of Weaseln, Several Species of Skunks, the Badger, the Land and Sea Otters, and Numerous Exotic Allies of The This treatise on Fur-bearing Animals of North America, prepared by Dr. Elliott Coues, Assistant Surgeon United States Army, at present on duty with the Survey, is published as a specimen fasciculus of a systematic History of North American Mammals, upon which the author has been long engaged. In the forthcoming work, which will be published by the Survey as soon as it can be prepared for the press, it is proposed to treat the Mammals of North America, living and extinct, in the same comprehensive and thorough manner in which the single family of the Mustelid has been elaborated. The form of the final work, however, will necessarily be modified, in order to bring the whole matter within reasonable compass, as well as to adapt it more perfectly to the wants of the general public, which it is designed to meet The technical and critical portions of the treatise Will be condensed as far as may be deemed compatible with its distinctively scientific character, while the aspects of the subject which are of more general interest, such as the life-histories of the species and the economic or other practical relations which animals sustain toward man, will be presented in ample detail. Other considerations have also had weight with me in deciding to publish this Monograph of the Mustelid in advance of the general "History," and as a separate volume. This family of Mammals is one of special interest and importance, from an economic point of view, as all the species furnish valuable peltries, some of which, like Sable, Ermine, and Otter, are in great demand; while their pursuit is an extensive and important branch of our national industries. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."