Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1

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Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder
JHU Press, 2005 - Nature - 2142 pages

Wilson and Reeder's Mammal Species of the World is the classic reference book on the taxonomic classification and distribution of the more than 5400 species of mammals that exist today. The third edition includes detailed information on nomenclature and, for the first time, common names. Each concise entry covers type locality, distribution, synonyms, and major reference sources. The systematic arrangement of information indicates evolutionary relationships at both the ordinal and the family level. This indispensable reference work belongs in public and academic libraries throughout the world and on the shelf of every biologist who works with mammals.

 

Contents

gardner
3
Order Paucituberculata by Alfred L Gardner
19
Order Peramelemorphia by Colin P Groves
38
Order Diprotodontia by Colin P Groves
43
Superfamily Petauroidea
50
Order Afrosoricida by Gary N Bronner and Paulina D Jenkins
71
Order Macroscelidea by Duane A Schlitter
82
jeheskel shoshani Department of Biology
86
Subfamily Uropsilinae
310
Order Pholidota by Duane A Schlitter
530
Family Viverridae
548
Order Perissodactyla by Peter Grubb
629
Order Artiodactyla by Peter Grubb
637
Order Cetacea by James G Mead and Robert L Brownell Jr
723
List of Museum Abbreviations xvii
vii
National Museum of Natural History
xvii

Order Proboscidea by Jeheskel Shoshani
90
Order Pilosa by Alfred L Gardner
100
PO Box 1220 Asmara
106
Order Dermoptera by Brian J Stafford
110
Infraorder Simiiformes
128
Family Atelidae
148
Order Lagomorpha by Robert S Hoffmann and Andrew T Smith
185
Bloomfield Hills Michigan 483041729 Mishawaka IN 46545
186
Order Erinaceomorpha by Rainer Hutterer
212
Order Soricomorpha by Rainer Hutterer
220
U S Geological Survey Germany
224
Subfamily Talpinae
302
Order Rodentia by Michael D Carleton and Guy G Musser
745
Suborder Castorimorpha
842
Family Geomyidae by James L Patton
859
Superfamily Muroidea by Guy G Musser and Michael D Carleton
894
Suborder Anomaluromorpha
1532
Infraorder Hystricognathi by Charles A Woods and C William Kilpatrick
1538
Family Chinchillidae
1550
Family Octodontidae
1570
Family Myocastoridae
1593
The Australian National University
1710
GPO Box 4 c william kilpatrick
1818

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Don E. Wilson is the curator of mammals and a senior scientist at the Smithsonian Institution.

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