Squirrels: The Animal Answer Guide.Squirrels: The Animal Answer Guide Richard W. Thorington Jr. & Katie Ferrell The John Hopkins University Press 2715 N. Charles Street Charles Street is the name of a north-south street in the city center of Boston, Massachusetts. It begins in the north at Leverett Circle, where it intersects Cambridge Street and Storrow Drive, and gives its name to the Charles/MGH station of the MBTA. , Baltimore, MD 21218 0801884039 $24.95 www.press.jhu.edu Written by Richard W. Thorington Jr., curator of mammals at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History For the museum in Manhattan, see . This article is about the museum in Washington, D.C.. For other uses, see National Museum of Natural History (disambiguation). The National Museum of Natural History , and his former research assistant Katie Ferrell, Squirrels: The Animal Answer Guide is an information-packed primer all about various species of squirrels, from the common grey squirrel grey squirrel Noun a grey-furred squirrel, native to E North America but now common in Britain to black-tailed prairie dogs to flying squirrels. Presented in a question-and-answer format, Squirrels: The Animal Answer Guide covers topics ranging from "Can squirrels see color?" to "Why do squirrels commit infanticide infanticide (ĭnfăn`təsīd) [Lat.,=child murder], the putting to death of the newborn with the consent of the parent, family, or community. Infanticide often occurs among peoples whose food supply is insecure (e.g. ?", "Do squirrels make good pets?" and "What do squirrels have to do with the Cinderella story?" (Cinderella's famous slipper was originally a comfortable squirrel slipper; it became an impractical glass slipper due to a mistranslation mis·trans·late tr.v. mis·trans·lat·ed, mis·trans·lat·ing, mis·trans·lates To translate incorrectly. mis !) Black-and-white photographs and a handful of color plates illustrate this fascinating book sure to entertain readers of all ages and backgrounds. |
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