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Peterson Field Guide to Animal Tracks: Third Edition (Peterson Field Guides)

This all-new edition includes descriptions of the habits, habitats, tracks, signs, and ranges of all the mammals of North America, as well as of selected birds, reptiles, amphibians, and insects.

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More than one thousand line drawings show individual tracks, track patterns, droppings, and gnawed trees.

One hundred color photographs further enhance the text.

The authors use an anecdotal approach, and the text is filled with inspirational stories, wonderful natural history, and relevant information about the tracks and signs of North American animals..

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Authors: Olaus J. Murie, Mark Elbroch, Roger Tory Peterson

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin

Date: Nov. 10, 2005

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