Javelinas and Other Peccaries
Their Biology, Management, and Use, Second Edition
978-1-62349-008-9 Paperback
6 x 9 x 0 in
352 pp. 36 b&w photos. 32 line drawings. 43 tables. Appendix. Bib. Index.
Pub Date: 04/08/2013
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Lyle K. Sowls, who has studied these animals for nearly forty years, examines this family of New World mammals and presents his findings on each species' anatomy and physiology, behavior, reproduction, effects on the environment, diet, reaction to diseases, and habitat. He also includes sonograms of peccary vocalizations representing their social communication.
Additionally, Sowls provides a review of management practices, along with recommendations on the management and conservation of peccaries. He suggests that peccaries offer an opportunity for modern wildlife management to help bring better use of forest areas to sustained land use. He reviews the peccaries' importance as a game animal for sport hunters, and includes reports from early explorers and discussion of American Indians' use of the animals. This fully revised book, out of print since 1989, is a useful tool for mammalogists and other wildlife scientists, game specialists, and general readers interested in javelinas in the U.S. Southwest and peccaries throughout the Americas.
W. L. Moody Jr. Natural History Series
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