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Carnivora --- Carnivores --- Classification --- Mammals --- Predatory animals
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Canis, Fossil --- Paleontology --- Quaternary Period --- Dogs, Fossil --- Quaternary --- Canidae, Fossil
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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.".
Afrotherians. --- Mammals --- Mammals. --- Marsupials. --- Monotremes. --- Xenarthra. --- Eutheria --- Mammalia --- Mammalians --- Prototheria --- Theria --- Vertebrates --- Egg-laying mammals --- Monotremata --- Marsupialia --- Pouched animals --- Afrotheres --- Afrotheria --- Afrotherian mammals --- Edentata --- Edentates --- Xenarthrans --- Monotremes --- Marsupials --- Afrotherians --- Xenarthra
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From reviews of previous editions: "Professional naturalists will find [these volumes] invaluable as a handy reference, and amateurs -- at least those citizens alive to their earthly environment -- should delight in finding so much fascinating information made so available and palatable." -- 'Audubon' "What an amazing lot mammals are, seen here in all of their diversity!... Walker has made available a mine of information, for the specialist as well as for the casually interested... If you want to find out about a mammal, then, here is the place to look." -- 'New York Times' "Every mammalogist must have [these books], and those who profess a broad interest in the fauna of the world will want them." -- 'Natural History' From aardwolves and bandicoots to yapoks and zorillas, Ernest P. Walker's 'Mammals of the World' is the most comprehensive -- the pre-eminent -- reference work on mammals. Now, completely revised and updated, this fascinating guide is better than ever. Providing a complete account of every genus of mammal in all historical time, the sixth edition is 25 percent longer than its predecessor. Of the previous generic accounts, 95 percent have been substantively modified, and there are 80 new ones -- among them, three remarkable, large ungulates recently discovered in the forests of Indochina. New also is a full account of the woolly mammoth, now known to have survived until less than 4,000 years ago. Each section of the book describes one genus and includes facts such as scientific and common names, the number and distribution of species, measurements and physical traits, habitat, locomotion, daily and seasonal activity, population dynamics, home range, social life, reproduction, and longevity. Textual summaries present accurate, well-documented descriptions of the physical characteristics and living habits of mammals in every part of the world. As in the last two editions, the names and distributions of every species of every genus are listed in sys
Mammals --- Mammals. --- Classification. --- Eutheria --- Mammalia --- Mammalians --- Prototheria --- Theria --- Vertebrates --- Classification
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From aardwolves and bandicoots to yapoks and zorillas, Ernest P. Walker's 'Mammals of the World' is the most comprehensive--the preeminent--reference work on mammals. Now, completely revised and updated, this fascinating guide is better than ever--covering more than 1,000 genera of mammals, including nearly one hundred that did nor appear in previous editions, and describing more than 4,000 different species. The newest 'Walker's Mammals' offers, for the first time in a single publication, a complete account of world mammals in all of historical time--that is, since about 3,000 B.C. Another new feature is that species are arranged within each genus in the order of simple to more advanced life forms, so that species are shown in their closest relation to one another. No other work contains illustrations--more than 1,700--of virtually every genus of mammals. Included are pictures by such noted wildlife photographers as Leonard Lee Rue III, Bernhard Grzimek, David Pye, and Warren T. Houck. Many new photographs of rarely seen animals have been added and, as in previous editions, most photographic illustrations are of live animals rather than of skins or skeletons. Each section of the book describes one genus and includes facts such as scientific and common names, the number and distribution of species, measurements and physical traits, habitat, locomotion, daily and seasonal activity, population dynamics, home range, social life, reproduction, and longevity. Textual summaries present accurate, well-documented descriptions of the physical characteristics and living habits of mammals in every part of the world. Endangered species and those having singular economic importance are given particular attention, and the names and ranges of all the species within a given genus are listed at the beginning of each entry. Since its publication in 1964, 'Walker's Mammals of the World' has become a favorite guide to the natural world for general readers and an invaluable resou
Mammals --- Mammals. --- Classification. --- Animal systematics, taxonomy, nomencl. --- Fauna. Zoological determination guides
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Mammals --- Bibliography --- Animal systematics, taxonomy, nomencl. --- Fauna. Zoological determination guides --- Mammals. --- Bibliography.
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This book offers a comprehensive guide to this fascinating and varied order of mammals. It includes scientific and common names, the number and distributing of species, measurements and physical traits, habitat, daily and seasonal activity, population dynamics, home range, social life, reproduction, longevity, and status of threatened species.
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