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Description: |
xiv, 204 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-181). |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Order Monotremata (Monotremes) -- Family Tachyglossidae (Echidnas) -- Family Ornithorhynchidae (Platypus) -- Order Didelphimorphia (American Opossums) -- Family Didelphidae -- Subfamily Caluromyinae -- Subfamily Didelphinae -- Order Paucituberculata (Shrew Opossums) -- Family Caenolestidae -- Order Microbiotheria (Monito Del Monte) -- Family Microbiotheriidae -- Order Dasyuromorphia (Carnivorous Marsupials) -- Family Thylacinidae (Thylacine) -- Family Myrmecobiidae (Numbat) -- Family Dasyuridae (Dasyurids) -- Order Peramelemorphia (Bandicoots and Bilbies) -- Family Peramelidae (Australian Bandicoots and Bilbies) -- Family Peroryctidae (Rainforest Bandicoots) -- Order Notoryctemorphia (Marsupial Moles) -- Family Notoryctidae -- Order Diprotodontia (Koalas, Wombats, Possums, Macropods, and relatives) -- Family Phascolarctidae (Koala) -- Family Vombatidae (Wombats) -- Family Phalangeridae (Cuscuses and Brushtail Possums) -- Family Potoroidae (Bettongs, Rat Kangaroos, and Potoroos) -- Family Macropodidae (Kangaroos and Wallabies) -- Family Burramyidae (Pygmy Possums) -- Family Pseudocheiridae (Ringtail Possums) -- Family Petauridae (Gliding and Striped Possums) -- Family Tarsipedidae (Honey Possum) -- Family Acrobatidae (Feathertail Gliders and Possums) -- Order Xenarthra (Edentates) -- Family Bradypodidae (Three-toed Sloths) -- Family Megalonychidae (Two-toed Sloths) -- Family Dasypodidae (Armadillos) -- Subfamily Chlamyphorinae -- Subfamily Dasypodinae -- Family Myrmecophagidae (American Anteaters) -- Order Insectivora (Insectivores). |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Review: "This book provides a complete, authoritative list of standardized and unique vernacular English names for all 4,629 of the currently recognized mammal species of the world. It establishes common names for hundreds of mammals that have previously been known only by their Latin binomials. Covering both well-known mammals and many small- to medium-sized species that live in areas where few studies have been conducted, the authors draw extensively on existing literature and on their own expertise to formulate English names that describe a distinctive aspect of each animal's appearance, ecological habits, or geographical distribution. Presented in phylogenetic order, the book's list includes order and family names as well as those of genera and species. |
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An extensive bibliography of sources and two indexes of both common and scientific names round out the volume." "Common Names of Mammals of the World offers a comprehensive, useful reference not only for mammalogists but also for wildlife managers, conservation biologists, environmental law enforcement agencies, zoologists, and others interested in the world's mammals."--Jacket. |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Online version: Wilson, Don E. Common names of mammals of the world. Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, ©2000 (OCoLC)767792844 |