Mammals of Minnesota Field Guide

by Stan Tekiela

Identify Mammals with Minnesota’s Famous Identification Guide! Whether it’s stumbling upon an animal track or actually seeing wildlife in nature, interacting with mammals is a thrill. Learn to identify mammals in Minnesota. With Stan Tekiela’s popular field guide, mammal identification is simple and informative. There’s no need to look through dozens of photos of animals that don’t live in your area. This book features 75 species of Minnesota mammals organized by family, and then by size, for ease of use. When you see a mammal, you can determine its family by common visual characteristics. Then turn to the corresponding section to find out what it is! Inside you’ll
This field guide includes professional photographs and range maps, relevant information, and plenty of Stan’s expert insights. So grab Mammals of Minnesota Field Guide to help ensure that you positively identify the mammals that you see.

Genres: Nature, Nonfiction

Paperback

First published March 15, 2005

About the author

Author, naturalist and wildlife photographer Stan Tekiela is the originator of the popular state-specific field guide series and many easy-to-use identification guides for the U.S. Over the last 30 years he has authored around 200 field guides, quick guides, nature books, children's books, wildlife audio CDs, puzzles and playing cards, presenting many species of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, trees, wildflowers and cacti found across the U.S. and in Canada.

Stan has a Bachelor of Science degree in Natural History from the University of Minnesota, and he has received national and regional awards for his books and photography. Also a well-known columnist and radio personality, his syndicated column appears in more than 25 newspapers and his wildlife programs are broadcast on a number of Midwest radio stations.

Stan leads instructional photo workshops and wildlife tours across the U.S. for both beginner and advanced photographers. He also gives detailed presentations about wildlife, complete with his award-winning photographs, to audiences of all sizes across the country.

Reviews

[Chris Herdt]

In the entry for the house mouse (Mus musculus), the book claims:

The species name musculus comes from the Sanskrit word musha, meaning "thief," and refers to its habit of gathering or "stealing" large quantities of food from homes.

I have found no evidence to support that. Musculus means "muscle" in Latin. The Latin is presumably derived from something earlier, but I haven't found any connection to "thief."

[Kelsey Grachek]

Weekend in the woods read number two!

[Keekee Smith]

I found this guide to be quite educational and was able to correctly identify two different tracks.

[William Writer]

This book was concise, exactly what I needed to further review the lifestyles of the countless mammal characters of The 10,000 Lakes Tales.

I base animal actions on what I assume they do in the forest/woods and when I was loaned this book by a great friend of mine, I fell in love!

I love to be right, and when I checked out the habitat and natural characteristics of each animal character, this book made me feel like I must have been living in the forest when I wrote The 10,000 Lakes Tales.

I loved this book too! This book and Critters of MN go hannd in hand for the nature lover, the animal lover, and explorer of woodlands, forests, and State Parks.