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published: Nov 1999
ISBN:9780774807289
publisher: UBC Press

Hoofed Mammals of British Columbia

by David Shackleton

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Hoofed mammals (ungulates) are the most abundant large mammals in the world. They are also plentiful in British Columbia, which is home to nine wild native species: moose, elk, caribou, bison, mountain goat, two species of deer and two of sheep. There are also several introduced species.

In Hoofed Mammals of British Columbia, David Shackleton presents a comprehensive summary of the most up-to-date information on these ungulates. In the well-illustrated introduction, he discusses their evolution and biology, survival adaptations, and social organization. He also covers conservation issues, tracking, and taxonomy. In the species accounts, he describes each species and subspecies and discusses their natural history: habitat, diet, behaviour, reproduction, life expectancy, and mortality factors, and predators. Each account includes a distribution map and data on taxonomy, recent population estimates, conservation status, and traditional aboriginal use. Excellent illustrations and two keys help identify each species by its external features or its skull.

Hoofed Mammals of British Columbia is the third of six handbooks on the mammals of British Columbia, a Royal B.C. Museum project to update and expand the classic treatment by Ian McTaggart-Cowan and Charles Guiguet, The Mammals of British Columbia, last revised in 1965.

 

About the Author

David Shackleton

Contributor Notes

David Shackleton teaches in the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences at the University of British Columbia. He has published several works on ungulates and other large mammals. His most recent work was as editor and compiler of Wild Sheep and Goats and Their Relatives: Status Survery and Conservation Action for Caprinae.

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