Animal Diversity Web
by the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/
Use handy search engine to quickly locate
information on mammal of interest.
Animalia directory by Google
http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Biology/
Flora_and_Fauna/Animalia/
eNature.com Online Field Guide
http://www.enature.com
Check out the Online Mammal Field Guide.
Hinterland Who's Who page
by the Canadian Wildlife Service
http://www.cws-scf.ec.gc.ca/hww-fap/eng_ind.html
Excellent information on specific mammals.
Mammal directory by Yahoo
http://www.yahoo.com/r/am
Click on "mammals" and then select
mammal of choice.
Teeth from an unknown animal found in weathered coyote scat
on escarpment north of Little Miner's River Falls in the
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore backcounty, September
2001 (Teeth courtesy of Mary Powell)
American Mammals, by W.J. Hamilton (McGraw-Hill,
1939).Covers habits of mammals.
American Wild Life (Wm. H.
Wise & Co., 1961)
Animal Tracks, by Chris Stall
(Mountaineers Books)
Animal Tracks, by George
F. Mason (W. Morrow and Co., 1943)
Animal Tracks, by Roseann
Hanson & Jonathan Hanson (Globe Pequot Press, 2001). A
Basic Essentials Series book.
Animal Tracks and Hunter Signs,
by Ernest T. Seton (Doubleday, 1958)
Animal Tracks and Signs of North
America, by Richard P. Smith (Stackpole Books, 1982)
Animal Tracks and Traces,
by Kathleen V. Kudlinski
Animal Tracks of the Great Lakes,
by Ian Sheldon (Lone Pine Publishing, 1997)
** Animal Tracks of the Great Lakes
States, by Chris Stall (The Mountaineers, 1990). This
book is an easy-to-carry, 4- by 6-inch guide with animal narratives
and life-size tracks.
Backyard and Beyond--A Guide For
Discovering the Outdoors, by Edward Duensing (Fulrum
Pub., 1992)
Collins Guide to Animal Tracks and
Signs, by P. Bang and P. Dahlstrom (Collins, 1974)
Familiar Animals of America, by Will
Barker (Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1956)
Familiar Animal Tracks of North America,
by John Farrand, Jr. (Alfred A. Knopf, 1993)
Field Book of Animals in Winter,
by Ann Morgan (Putnam)
Field Book of North American Mammals,
by Harold E. Anthony (Putnam, 1928)
** Field Guide to the Mammals,
by William H. Burt and Richard P. Grossenheider (Houghton
Mifflin Co., 1976). An excellent Peterson Field Guide to mammals
including: narrative, size, weight, color, markings, teeth,
habitat, and habits; color photos and line drawings; and tracks,
dens, nests, and burrows.
Getting to Know Our Wildlife, Book
One, by Betty Sodders (Avery Color Studios, 1991)
Guide to Animal Tracks, by
R. Marlin Perkins (Stackpole Books, 1989)
Guide to Nature in Winter,
by D.W. Stokes (Little, Brown, and Co., 1976)
Handbook of Mammals of the North-Central
States, by J.K. Jones, Jr., and E.C. Birney (University
of Minnesota Press, 1988)
Identifying Animal Tracks--Mammals,
Birds, and Other Animals of the Eastern United States,
by Richard Headstrom (Dover Publications Inc., 1971)
Illustrated Key to Skulls of Genera
of North American Land Mammals, by J.K. Jones, Jr.,
and R.W. Manning (Texas Tech Press, 1992)
** Key-Guide to Mammal Skulls and
Lower Jaws, by Aryan I. Roest (Mad River Press, 1986).
Useful for identifying origin of skull fragments, jaw bones,
and tooth fragments found in scat.
Key to the Skulls of North American
Mammals, 2nd edition, B.P. Glass (University of Oklahoma
Zoology Dept., 1981)
Larousse Guide to Animal Tracks,
Trails, and Signs, by R.W. Brown, M.J. Lawrence, and
J. Pope (Larousse & Co., 1984
Mammals of Canada, by A.W.F.
Banfield (University of Toronto Press, 1974). This 438-page,
8.5- by 11-inch text is the bible of Canadian mammals.
Mammals of Eastern Canada,
by R.L. Peterson (Oxford University Press, 1966)
Mammals of Michigan, by William
H. Burt (University of Michigan, 1946)
Mammals of North America,
by E.R. Hall (John Wiley & Sons, N.Y., 1981)
Mammals of North America,
by Victor H. Cahalane (Macmillan, 1947)
Mammals of the Eastern United States,
by W.J. Hamilton, Jr., and J.O. Whitaker, Jr. (Cornell University
Press, 1979)
Mammals of the Great Lakes Region,
revised edition, by Allen Kurta (University of Michigan Press,
1995). This excellent text covers 83 species of mammals and
presents information on their appearance (including skulls),
behavior, and ecology.
Michigan Mammals, by Rollin
H. Baker (Michigan State Press, 1983). This 642-page, 8.5-
by 11-inch, text is the bible of Michigan mammals.
Mystery Tracks in the Snow--A Guide
to Animal Tracks, by Hap Gilliland (1990)
** National Audubon Society Field
Guide to North American Mammals, by John O. Whitaker,
Jr. (Alfred A. Knopf, 1998). This excellent field guide covers
390 species, with detailed narrative, 374 color photographs,
and a unique visual-key system for quick mammal identification.
Skulls & Bones--A Guide to the
Skeletal Structures and Behavior of North American Mammals,
by Glenn Searfoss (Stackpole Books, 1995). An excellent guide
for identifying skulls and bones found in the bush.
Track Finder--A Guide to Mammal Tracks
of Eastern North America, by Dorcas S. Miller (Nature
Study Guide, 1981)
Tracks and Trailcraft--A Fully Illustrated
Guide to the Identification of Animal Tracks in Forest and
Field, Barnyard, and Backyard, by Ellsworth Jaeger
(The Lyons Press, 2001)
Tracks and Trails (Boy Scouts
of America, 1928)
Tracks in the Snow, by Heribert
Horneck
Tracks, Scats, and Sign,
by Leslie A. Dendy (Northword Press, 1998). For young readers.
Track Watching, by David
Webster (Franklin Watts, Inc., 1972)
Where They Go in the Winter,
by Margaret Buck (Abington)
Winter Signs in the Snow,
by Gerald Cox (Michael Kesend Publishing, 1975)
Winter--Tracks in the Snow,
by Janet McDonnell
Wild Animals of North America
(National Geographic Society, 1979)
Wild Mammals of North America--Biology,
Management, and Economics, by J.A. Chapman and G.A.
Feldhamer, eds. (John Hopkins University Press, 1982)
Beartracker's Animal Tracks Den
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Rapids/7076/
This excellent site focuses on tracks of
mammals,
birds, amphibians, reptiles, insects, and
humans.
Outdoor Action guide to Animal Tracking
http://www.princeton.edu/~oa/nature/tracking.shtml
Lots of useful information
Animal Tracking Basics, by
Jon Young (Stackpole Books, 2007)
Animal Tracking for Boy Scouts--Hints
on Animal Tracking, by Rodney C. Wood (Canadian General
Council for Boy Scouts Association, 1924)
** Animal Tracks of Ontario,
by Ian Sheldon (Lone Pine Publishing, 1997). This book is
an easy-to-carry, 4- by 6-inch guide with line drawings of
animals, hind and fore prints, stride patterns, and narratives.
Art of Tracking--The Origin of Science,
by Louis Liebenberg. This book covers the complete evolution
and development of tracking from the first hunter-gathers
to today's hunter-trackers.
Basic Animal Tracking for Pathfinders,
by L.S. Gattis
Book of Animal Tracking,
by Jim Arnosky (Simon & Schuster Books, 1989). For young
readers.
Complete Tracker--Tracks, Signs,
and Habits of North American Wildlife, by Len McDougall
(The Lyons Press, 1997)
Crinkleroot's Book of Animal Tracking,
by Jim Arnosky
Enthusiastic Tracking--the Step-by-Step
Training Handbook, by William R. Sanders (Rime Publications,
1998)
** Field Guide to Animal Tracks,
second edition, by Olaus J. Murie (Houghton Mifflin Co., 1974).
An excellent Peterson Field Guide to tracks including habit,
habitats, tracks, scat, signs, ranges, and identification
keys.
Field Guide to Mammal Tracking in
North America, by James Halfpenny (Johnson Publishing
Co., 1988). A very good text which includes a section on scatology.
** Field Guide to Tracking Animals
in Snow, by Louise R. Forrest (Stackpole Books, 1988).
An excellent text dedicated to tracking animals in snow.
** Guide to Animal Tracking and Behavior,
by Donald W. Stokes (Little Brown & Co., 1987). An excellent
Stokes Nature Guide presenting life-size tracks and scats,
signs, tracking info, dens, trails, burrows, gnawings, scrapings,
and caches.
How to Track and Find Game,
by Clyde Ormond (Outdoor Life Books, 1975)
Mammal Tracks: Life-Size Tracking
Guide, by Lynn Levine and Martha Mitchell (Heartwood
Press, 2001)
Scouting & Tracking, by Randolph
Marcy (Applewood Books, 1996). For young readers.
** Tom Brown's Field Guide to Nature
Observation and Tracking, by Tom Brown, Jr., and Brandt
Morgan (Berkley Publishing Group, 1988). An excellent book
addressing a number of basic, Native American wilderness skills:
silent movement in the bush, track identificaion, animal tracking,
mantracking, etc.
The Tracker's Field Guide: A Comprehensive
Handbook for Animal Tracking in the United States,
by James C. Lowery (Falcon, 2006)
Tracking & the Art of Seeing--How
to Read Animal Tracks & Sign, by Paul Rezendes
(Harper Resource, 1999). A very good text with lots of color
photos.
Tracking Wounded Deer--How to Find
and Tag Deer Shot with Bow or Gun, by Richard P. Smith
(Smith Publications, 1996)
Tracks and Tracking, by Josef
Brunner (Outing Publishing Co., 1909)
Trapping and Tracking, by
George Clawson (Winchester Press, 1977)
Wildlife Observer's Eyes, Optical
Equipment for Observing Nature, by Galen L. Gear (Menasha
Ridge Press, 1990)
Beartracker's Animal Tracks Den: Tracking
Humans
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Rapids/7076/humans.html
Selous Scouts Combat Tracking page
https://members.tripod.com/selousscouts/combat_tracking.htm
This excellent site contains lots of combat
mantracking info used by the famous
Selous Scouts, British counterinsurgents
who operated in the harsh Rhodesian bush.
Tracking
http://home1.gte.net/tracku2/trackingpage2.htm
Tracking and Countertracking, Evasion,
and Escape, and Survival (Appendix F) in Long-Range Surveillance
Unit Operations (Army FM 7-93)
http://www.adtdl.army.mil/cgi-bin/atdl.dll/fm/7-93/Appf.htm#top
Yahoo Man-Tracking University message
board
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/man_tracking_university
Yahoo Tracking and Signcutting Club
message board
http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/trackingandsigncuttingclub
Art and Science of Tracking Man and
Beast, by Tom Hanratty (Medicine Hawk Wilderness Skills,
Inc., 1997)
Fundamentals of Mantracking,
by Donald Cooper (Emergency Response Institute, 1992). Considered
the bible of SAR tracking books by one reviewer.
Man-Trackers & Dog Handlers in
Search & Rescue--Basic Guidelines and Information,
by Greg Fuller, Ed Johnson, and Robert J. Koester (DBS Productions,
2000). This book promotes the use of mantrackers together
with tracking dogs.
Mantracking--Introduction to the
Step-By-Step Method, by Roland Robbins (Search and
Rescue Magazine, 1977). This book presents the fundamentals
of mantracking, including the use of a sign-cutting stick,
as taught by several members of the U.S. Border Patrol.
Patrolling and Tracking,
Australian Military Forces (Paladin Press 1988)
** SAS Guide to Tracking,
by Bob Carss, (The Lyons Press, 2000). An excellent mantracking
text written by Bob Carss, a member of Britain's famous Special
Air Service (SAS) who trained in the jungles of New Zealand,
with Iban trackers in Brunei, and in the Sahara. This book
covers: tracking in forest, marsh, and grassy areas; interpreting
animal, human, and vehicle signs; preserving night vision;
detecting backtracking; effects of time and weather on sign;
and spotting misleading signs.
** Science and Art of Tracking,
by Tom Brown, Jr. (Penguin USA, 1999). An excellent tracking
manual based on the techniques and skills employed by Native
American Scouts, the masters of the wilderness.
Tactical Tracking Operations--The
Essential Guide for Military & Police Trackers,
by David Scott-Donelan (Paladin Press, 1998). This manual
is aimed at the solo or group tracker and covers: on-the-ground
tricks; training drills; equipment lists; finding and following
tracks; aging tracks; relocating lost trails; foiling counter-tracking
efforts; and more.
Tracker: Case Files & Adventures
of a Professional Mantracker by Joel Hardin (J. Hardin,
2004)
** Tracking--A Blueprint for Learning
How, 7th edition, by Jack Kearney (Pathways Press,
1999, www.pathways-press.com).
Kearney, a retired U.S. Border patrol agent and expert mantracker,
tells you how to identify tracks, determine direction and
age, utilize sun angle, spot signs, and follow nonvisible
trails.
Tracking--Signs of Man, Signs of
Hope: A Systematic Approach to the Art and Science of Tracking
Humans, by David Diaz (The Lyons Press, 2005)
Tracking and Countertracking, Evasion,
and Escape, and Survival (Appendix F) in Long-Range Surveillance
Unit Operations (Army FM 7-93)
http://www.adtdl.army.mil/cgi-bin/atdl.dll/fm/7-93/Appb.htm#top
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