Scottish Mammals 9780857905451, 9781841585369, 0857905457

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Table of contents :
Cover
Title page
Copyright page
Dedication page
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
A note on the text
Part I
Before Christ
The Credulous Ages: First to sixteenth century
The dawn of science: Seventeenth to mid eighteenth century
Enlightenment: Mid eighteenth to mid nineteenth century
The time of slaughter: Mid nineteenth to mid twentieth century
The age of environmental threat: Mid twentieth century onwards
Part II
Insectivora
mole
shrews
hedgehog
Chiroptera (bats)
Lagomorpha
rabbit
hares
Rodentia
squirrels
dormouse
voles
mice
rats
beaver
Carnivora
cats. Mustelidsdogs
bear
Pinnipedia
seals
walrus
Artiodactyla
boar
deer
wild cow
Cetacea
dolphins
whales
Part III
The future
Appendix
Bibliography
Index of animals
Index of people
Index of Scottish place names.

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