Foreword Don E. Wilson Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Abbreviations Carnivore Morphology Maps PART I: Introductory Chapters Chapter One -- Carnivores in the Ice Age of New Mexico Arthur H. Harris Chapter Two -- Vegetation, Fire Ecology, and Climate of New Mexico''s Ecosystems F. Jack Triepke and Timothy K. Lowrey Chapter Three -- Predator Damage Management in New Mexico J. Alan May and Stewart Breck Chapter Four -- The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish and Carnivore Management Elise Goldstein Chapter Five -- Future Climate-driven Impacts and the Conservation of Carnivores in New Mexico Jean-Luc E. Cartron, F. Jack Triepke, David S.
Gutzler, Kassidy M. Steckbeck, and Kenneth C. Calhoun PART II: Species Accounts Chapter Six -- Canada Lynx (Lynx canadensis) Jacob S. Ivan Chapter Seven -- Bobcat (Lynx rufus) Robert L. Harrison and Jean-Luc E. Cartron Chapter Eight -- Jaguar (Panthera onca) James N. Stuart and Charles L. Hayes IV Chapter Nine -- Cougar (Puma concolor) Kenneth A.
Logan and Linda L. Sweanor Chapter Ten -- Coyote (Canis latrans) Jean-Luc E. Cartron and Eric M. Gese Chapter Eleven -- Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) John K. Oakleaf, Phillip S. Gipson, Colby M. Gardner, Stewart Breck, and Tracy Melbihess Chapter Twelve -- Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) Matthew J. Gould, Jean-Luc E.
Cartron, and Gary W. Roemer Chapter Thirteen -- Kit Fox (Vulpes macrotis) Jonathan L. Dunnum and Joseph A. Cook Chapter Fourteen -- Swift Fox (Vulpes velox) Robert L. Harrison, Jean-Luc E. Cartron, and Jonathan L. Dunnum Chapter Fifteen -- North American Red Fox (Vulpes fulva) Jennifer K. Frey, Matthew E.
Gompper, and Jean-Luc E. Cartron Chapter Sixteen -- Black Bear (Ursus americanus) Cecily M. Costello Chapter Seventeen -- Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) David E. Brown, Matthew J. Gould, and Jean-Luc E. Cartron Chapter Eighteen -- Wolverine (Gulo gulo) Jennifer K. Frey Chapter Nineteen -- Northern River Otter (Lontra canadensis) Melissa Savage and James N. Stuart Chapter Twenty -- Pacific Marten (Martes caurina) James N.
Stuart and Brian J. Long Chapter Twenty-One -- American Ermine (Mustela richardsonii) Jennifer K. Frey Chapter Twenty-Two -- Black-footed Ferret (Mustela nigripes) Dustin H. Long and James N. Stuart Chapter Twenty-Three -- Long-tailed Weasel (Neogale frenata) Jennifer K. Frey Chapter Twenty-Four -- American Mink (Neogale vison) Jennifer K. Frey Chapter Twenty-Five -- American Badger (Taxidea taxus) Robert L. Harrison and Jean-Luc E.
Cartron Chapter Twenty-Six -- White-backed Hog-nosed Skunk (Conepatus leuconotus) Jerry W. Dragoo and Christine C. Hass Chapter Twenty-Seven -- Hooded Skunk (Mephitis macroura) Christine C. Hass and Jerry W. Dragoo Chapter Twenty-Eight -- Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis) Christine C. Hass and Jerry W. Dragoo Chapter Twenty-Nine -- Western Spotted Skunk (Spilogale gracilis) and Rio Grande Spotted Skunk (S. leucoparia) Jerry W.
Dragoo and Christine C. Hass Chapter Thirty -- Ringtail (Bassariscus astutus) Robert C. Lonsinger and Gary W. Roemer Chapter Thirty-One -- White-nosed Coati (Nasua narica) Jennifer K. Frey and Christine C. Hass Chapter Thirty-Two -- Raccoon (Procyon lotor) Jean-Luc E. Cartron Chapter Thirty-Three -- Free-ranging and Feral Domestic Dog (Canis familiaris) and Domestic Cat (Felis catus) David L. Bergman and Scott C.
Bender Appendices Glossary Combined Publication Record of Contributing Authors on Topics or Species Presented in Their Respective Chapters.