Mammals of North America - Volume 1: Systematics and Taxonomy

ISBN-13: 9783031416606 / Angielski

Sergio Ticul Alvarez-Casta?eda

Spis treści

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 

O autorze

Sergio Ticul Alvarez Castaneda Ph.D. is a Professor at Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste in México, Investigador titular “E” (full professor) and level III in the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (top level both). He is a Research Associated at the San Diego Museum of Natural History and The Museum of Southwestern Biology of the University of  New Mexico. He founded and acts as Editor-in-Chief of the international journal "Therya", member of Editorial boards of other three specialized mammals journals. Dr. Alvarez Castañeda is also the founder and curator of one of the ten top mammal collections in Latin America with representative specimens from North America. His interests are molecular ecology, evolutionary biology, systematics and conservation of mammals. Has published 9 books, more than 150 articles, 44 book chapters, 292 IUCN and 79 CONABIO accounts, more than 120 popular articles and 25 graduated students. His work is based on studies on endemic and endangered species from North America, mainly from México. He received the National Mexican Award “Mérito Ecológico”.

Blurb

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