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Walker's Mammals of the World: Monotremes, Marsupials, Afrotherians, Xenarthrans, and Sundatherians

By Ronald M Nowak

Book information

Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Year
2018
ISBN
1421424673, 9781421424675
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
84 MB (87861121 bytes)
Pages
784\785
Time added
2020-04-19 16:40:17

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Since its first publication in 1964, Walker's Mammals of the World has become a favorite guide to the natural world for general readers and professionals alike. This new Walker's volume is a completely revised and updated compendium of information on five of the earliest clades to diverge from ancient mammal stock. Uniquely comprehensive in inimitable Walker's style, it incorporates a full account of every genus that has lived in the past 5,000 years. Every named species of each genus is listed in systematic order and accompanied by detailed descriptions of past and present range. This new edition includes- 500+ full-color images throughout- citations to more than 2,200 new references- extensive bioconservation data, with discussion of every species in an IUCN Red List threatened category This volume's thorough updates reflect 20 years of advances in our knowledge of taxonomy, ecology, behavior, life history, and conservation. Substantive changes to 100% of previously existing generic accounts, plus the addition of 17 entirely new generic accounts, double the information in the last edition on the 19 orders covered. The black-and-white illustrations of earlier editions have been replaced by over 500 superb new color images. Remaining true to Ernest P. Walker's vision, the text smoothly combines in-depth scholarship with a popular, readable style to preserve and enhance what the Washington Post called a landmark of zoological literature. Contents Preface World Distribution of Mammals Class Mammalia: Mammals Monotremata: Monotremes Tachyglossidae: Echidnas, or Spiny Anteaters Ornithorhynchidae: Duck-billed Platypus Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae: American Opossums Paucituberculata: Caenolestidae: “Shrew” Opossums Microbiotheria: Microbiotheriidae: Monito del Monte Notoryctemorphia: Notoryctidae: Marsupial “Moles" Dasyuromorphia: Australasian Carnivorous Marsupials Dasyuridae: Marsupial “Mice” and “Cats,” and Tasmanian Devil Thylacinidae: Thylacine, or Tasmanian “Wolf” or “Tiger" Myrmecobiidae: Numbat, or Banded Anteater Peramelemorphia: Bandicoots Chaeropodidae: Pig-footed Bandicoot Thylacomyidae: Bilbies, or Rabbit-eared Bandicoots Peramelidae: Typical Bandicoots Diprotodontia: Koala, Wombats, Possums, Wallabies, and Kangaroos Phascolarctidae: Koala Vombatidae: Wombats Burramyidae: Pygmy Possums Phalangeridae: Possums and Cuscuses Pseudocheiridae: Ring-tailed and Greater Gliding Possums Petauridae: Gliding and Striped Possums Tarsipedidae: Honey Possum Acrobatidae: Feather-tailed Possums Hypsiprymnodontidae: Musky “Rat”-kangaroo Potoroidae: “Rat”-Kangaroos Macropodidae: Wallabies and Kangaroos Afrosoricida: Tenrecs and Golden Moles Tenrecidae: Tenrecs, or Madagascar “Hedgehogs" Chrysochloridae: Golden Moles Macroscelidea: Macroscelididae: Sengis, or Elephant Shrews Bibymalagasia: Plesiorycteropodidae: Bibymalagasy Tubulidentata: Orycteropodidae: Aardvark, or Ant Bear Hyracoidea: Procaviidae: Hyraxes, or Dassies Proboscidea: Elephantidae: Elephants Sirenia: Dugong, Steller’s Sea Cow, and Manatees Dugongidae: Dugong and Steller’s Sea Cow Trichechidae: Manatees Cingulata: Dasypodidae: Armadillos Pilosa: Sloths and Anteaters Cyclopedidae: Silky Anteater Myrmecophagidae: Giant Anteater and Tamanduas Megalonychidae: Two-toed Tree Sloths and West Indian Sloths Bradypodidae: Three-toed Tree Sloths Scandentia: Tree Shrews Ptilocercidae: Pen-tailed, or Feather-tailed, Tree Shrew Tupaiidae: Tree Shrews Dermoptera: Cynocephalidae: Colugos, or Flying Lemurs Literature Cited Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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