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This books is dedicated to all the animals, whose tracks we read.

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California Natural History Guide Series No. 104

University of California Press

Berkeley and Los Angeles, California

University of California Press, Ltd.

London, England

© 2012 by The Regents of the University of California

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Elbroch, Mark.

Field guide to animal tracks and scat of California / Mark Elbroch, Michael Kresky, Jonah Evans ; Illustrated by Michael Kresky and Mark Elbroch.

p. cm. — (California natural history guide series)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-520-25378-0 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-520-27109-8 (pbk. : alk. paper)

1. Animal tracks-California-Identification. 2. Tracking and trailing-California. I. Kresky, Michael. II. Evans, Jonah. III. Title.

QL768.E43 2012

591.47'9—dc23

2011014428

Manufactured in Singapore

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The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R 1997) (Permanence of Paper).{infcir}

Cover photograph: Adult male Cougar tracks in snow in the Mojave National Preserve, southern California. Photo by Mark Elbroch.