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Mammals of North America - Volume 1: Systematics and Taxonomy
 
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ISBN13:9783031416606
ISBN10:30314166011
Binding:Hardback
No. of pages:697 pages
Size:279x210 mm
Language:English
Illustrations: 9 Illustrations, black & white; 57 Illustrations, color
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Mammals of North America - Volume 1

Systematics and Taxonomy
 
Edition number: 1st ed. 2024
Publisher: Springer
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Number of Volumes: 1 pieces, Book
 
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The book synthesizes nomenclature, systematics, and descriptions of North American mammal species. Clear, simple and illustrated identification keys are provided to make knowledge of mammals easier and facilitate the training both students and professionals in the field, including readers without extensive experience. Descriptions of the different species are provided up to Order, highlighting the diagnostic features that allow identifying them promptly while the reader learns how to make subsequent identifications without having the book at hand. Each species comes with potential distribution maps based on existing records in the main museums of North America. The book includes the description, characteristics and distribution maps of the 781 species with range in the North America subcontinent.

Long description:
The book synthesizes nomenclature, systematics, and descriptions of North American mammal species. Clear, simple and illustrated identification keys are provided to make knowledge of mammals easier and facilitate the training both students and professionals in the field, including readers without extensive experience. Descriptions of the different species are provided up to Order, highlighting the diagnostic features that allow identifying them promptly while the reader learns how to make subsequent identifications without having the book at hand. Each species comes with potential distribution maps based on existing records in the main museums of North America. The book includes the description, characteristics and distribution maps of the 781 species with range in the North America subcontinent
Table of Contents:

Class Mammalia.- Subclass Theria.- Infraclass Marsupialia.- Order Didelphimorphia.- Family Didelphidae.- Infraclass Placentalia.- Order Carnivora.- Family Canidae .- Family Mephitidae.- Family Mustelidae.- Family Odobenidae.- Family Otariidae.- Family Phocidae.- Family Procyonidae.- Family Ursidae.- Family Felidae.- Order Cetartiodactyla.- Family Antilocapridae.- Family Bovidae.- Family Cervidae.- Family Tayassuidae.- Order Chiroptera.- Family Emballonuridae.- Family Molossidae.- Family Mormoopidae.- Family Natalidae.- Family Noctilionidae.- Family Phyllostomidae.- Family Thyropteridae.- Family Vespertilionidae.- Order Cingulata.- Family Dasypodidae.- Order Eulipotyphla.- Family Soricidae.- Family Talpidae.- Order Lagomorpha.- Family Leporidae.- Family Ochotonidae.- Order Perissodactyla.- Family Tapiridae.- Order Pilosa.- Family Cyclopedidae.- Family Myrmecophagidae.- Order Primates.- Family Atelidae.- Order Rodentia.- Family Castoridae.- Family Geomyidae.- Family Heteromyidae.- Family Cricetidae.- Family Dipodidae.- Family Cuniculidae.- Family Erethizontidae.- Family Aplodontiidae.- Family Sciuridae.- Order Sirenia.- Family Trichechidae.