Looks at the diverse types of mammals that make their homes in America's national parks, discussing each animal's physical characteristics, behavior, range, feeding habits, and environmental issues.

Includes index.

The National parks. Acadia -- Arches -- Badlands -- Big Bend -- Biscayne -- Black Canyon of the gunnison -- Bryce Canyon -- Canyonlands -- Capitol Reef -- Carlsbad Caverns -- Channel Islands -- Congaree -- Crater Lake -- Cuyahoga Valley -- Death Valley -- Denali -- Dry Tortugas -- Everglades -- Gates of the Arctic -- Glacier -- Glacier Bay -- Grand Canyon -- Grand Teton -- Great Basin -- Great Sand Dunes -- Great Smoky Mountains -- Guadalupe Mountains -- Haleakala -- Hawaii vocanoes -- Hot Springs -- Isle Royale -- Joshua Tree -- Katmai -- Kenai Fjords -- Kobuk Valley -- Lake Clark -- Lassen volcanic -- Mammoth Cave -- Mesa Verde -- Mount Ranier -- North Cascades -- Olympic -- Petrified Forest -- Redwood -- Rocky Mountain -- Saguaro -- Sequoia-Kings Canyon -- Shenandoah -- Theodore Roosevelt -- Virgin Islands -- Voyageurs -- Wind Cave -- Wrangell-St. Elias -- Yellowstone -- Yosemite -- Zion. The Mammals. Virginia opossum -- Shrews and moles -- Bats -- Nine-banded armadillo -- Lagomorphs -- Rodents -- Woodrats -- Mice and rats -- Pocket gophers -- Chipmunks -- Marmots -- Ground squirrels -- Prairie dogs -- Three squirrels -- Mountain beaver -- Beaver -- Muskrats -- Porcupine -- Whales -- West Indian manatee -- Carnivores -- Eared seals -- Hair seals -- Coyote -- Gray wolf -- Foxes -- Mountain lion -- Lynx and bobcat -- Bears -- Raccoons -- Mustelids -- American marten and fisher -- Weasels -- Sea otter -- Northern river otter -- Black-footed ferret -- Mink -- Wolverine -- American badger -- Skunks -- Collared peccary -- Elk -- Mule deer -- White-tailed deer -- Moose -- Caribou -- Pronghorn -- American bison -- Muskox -- Mountain goat -- Mountain sheep -- Exotic mammals.