Title:
Walker's mammals of the world. Monotremes, marsupials, afrotherians, xenarthrans, and sundatherians / Ronald M. Nowak.
Author:
Nowak, Ronald M., author.
Walker, Ernest P. (Ernest Pillsbury), 1891-1969. Mammals of the world.
Publication Information:
Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018.
©2018
Call Number:
QL703 .W2222 2018
ISBN:
9781421424675
9781421424682
Physical Description:
xxi, 757 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
General Note:
Updated accounts of 19 orders of mammals from Walker's mammals of the world.
Contents:
Preface -- World distribution of mammals -- Class Mammalia : mammals. Monotremata : monotremes -- Didelphimorphia : Didelphidae : American opossums -- Paucituberculata : Caenolestidae : "shrew" opossums -- Microbiotheria : Microbiotheriidae : monito del monte -- Notoryctemorphia : Notoryctidae : marsupial "moles" -- Dasyuromorphia : Australasian carnivorous marsupials -- Peramelemorphia : bandicoots -- Diprotodontia : koala, wombats, possums, wallabies, and kangaroos -- Afrosoricida : tenrecs and golden moles -- Macroscelidea : Macroscelididae : sengis, or elephant shrews -- Bibymalagasia : Plesiorycteropodidae : bibymalagasy -- Tubulidentata : Orycteropodidae : aardvark, or ant bear -- Hyracoidea : Procaviidae : hyraxes, or dassies -- Proboscidea : Elephantidae : elephants -- Sirenia : dugong, Steller's sea cow, and manatees -- Cingulata : Dasypodidae : armadillos -- Pilosa : sloths and anteaters -- Scandentia : tree shrews -- Dermoptera : Cynocephalidae : colugos, or flying lemurs.
Uniform Title:
Walker's mammals of the world. Selections
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