This book is about the dog family, covering ancestry, population genetics, society, infectious disease, and the use of tools. Fourteen case studies examine Arctic foxes, Island foxes, Swift foxes, Blanford's foxes, Red foxes, Raccoon foxes, Bat-eared foxes, Patagonian foxes, Jackals, Coyotes, Grey wolves, Ethiopian wolves, Dholes, and African wild dogs. The concluding chapter looks at conservation issues.
Keywords: conservation, ancestry, population genetics, society, infectious disease, tools, Arctic foxes, jackals, coyotes, Grey wolves
| Print publication date: 2004 | Print ISBN-13: 9780198515562 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2007 | DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198515562.001.0001 |