Mammals of North America - Volume 2 : Systematics and Taxonomy / by Sergio Ticul Álvarez-Castañeda.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alvarez-Castañeda, Sergio Ticul.

Series:

Biomedical and Life Sciences Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vertebrates.

Ecology.

Anatomy, Comparative.

Conservation biology.

Vertebrate Zoology.

Animal Anatomy.

Conservation Biology.

Local Subjects:

Vertebrate Zoology.

Ecology.

Animal Anatomy.

Conservation Biology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (724 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2024.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2024.

Summary:

The second volume of this book series 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.

Contents:

Order Rodentia

Literature

Glossary

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Álvarez-Castañeda, Sergio Ticul Mammals of North America - Volume 2

ISBN:

9783031508257

OCLC:

1477999140