Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 3
3. Foreword 7
4. Introduction 8
5. The biology and life-cycle of mammals 9
6. The history of Britain’s and Ireland’s mammals 12
7. Mammals – explaining the names and classification 16
8. Britain’s and Ireland’s mammals – an overview 18
9. Watching mammals 26
10. The species accounts
11. Terrestrial Mammals
12. Squirrels and dormice 54
13. Small mammals (voles, mice and shrews), rats and beavers 66
14. Moles 110
15. Hedgehogs 112
16. Rabbit and hares 116
17. Bats 128
18. Terrestrial carnivores 196
19. Pigs 226
20. Deer 228
21. Semi-domesticated introductions 252
22. Marsupials 261
23. Introduced ephemerals 262
24. Marine Mammals
25. Introduction 268
26. Seals 270
27. Cetaceans 280
28. Status and legislation 311
29. Further reading and sources of useful information 317
30. Acknowledgements and photographic/artwork credits 320
31. Index 325