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Hard cover, 8vo, in brown cloth with titles in gold to the spine, in the original pictorial dust jacket. First Edition. Illustrated with plentiful line drawings, photo reproductions, maps and charts. Extensive bibliographical reference section. xi, 290 pp. Renowned mammalogist Author Hans Kruuk explores the species, habitat and range of the wild otter, Lutra lutra, in Scotland, especially among the Shetland Islands in this zoological study. Kruuk (b. 1937) was Senior Principal Research Officer of the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology in Banchory, Scotland while working on this project. His career began studying the predation of the spotted hyena, founding the Serengeti Research Institute in Tanzania. "There is a great need for this kind of natural history, firstly because it provides the basis for active conservation management, and secondly, because of the interest to ecologists and naturalists of the unique and fascinating ecology of mammals living in a very hostile environment." (blurb)**CONDITION: Near Fine, with a very small amount of foxing to text block edges, which are otherwise clean. Inside, all is well. Dust jacket Very Good Plus, with a few minute spots of soiling and a bit of crumple at foot of spine. A name appears inscribed on title page dated 1999, perhaps a former owner or giftee? Worldcat says this book was later reprinted twice.
Ref: NATH 9415
$250.00