This book is broken into several sections. In the first part of the book Mr. Dinets goes through the North American content region by region highlighting what parks and and wildlife refuges are in the areas and what mammals you can find there. Mr. Dinets goes into a lot of detail on where he has seen certain mammals and how likely you are to see the same types of mammals.
In the second section Mr. Dinets goes over each type of mammal and where they can be found. There is a short part on trapping animals for observation. The glossary is extensive.
This book can be used in a multitude of ways. If you are planning a trip, for example, and you want to look up the areas you will be visiting to see what type of mammals live there, you can go to the section that address that particular region. Another example is: if you want to see a specific mammal, you can look up that mammal in the section where that mammal is talked about and you can see a list of locations where that mammal lives.
There are not photographs of every animal that is mentioned, but there are a lot of photographs.
I learned a lot about mammals by reading this book. I had no idea there were so many kinds of whales or bats, or what a Coati was or a Marten was or a Pika was, I could go on. This book has fed my curiosity and left me hungering for more knowledge about mammals. I would really like to read an identification guide for these mammals or something that gives more details on the animals life's and habits.
Genesis 1:25
And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
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I enjoy learning about and seeing all of the amazing animals God has created! I would probably enjoy a book like that. I was able to see a moose for my first time this week, which was exciting!
Thank you for the comment, Sunshine Country! It was difficult to finish the book. I had never tried to read a field guide straight through before. I ended up having to skim through the last part of the book.
That sounds exciting to have seen a moose! I would love the chance to see a wild animal that big. This week we went to a park and saw some Chipmunks cramming bird seed into their cheeks. I know I paid a lot more attention to the Chipmunks after having read this book than I otherwise would have.
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