Field Guide to Mammals of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East
eBook - ePub

Field Guide to Mammals of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East

Third Edition

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Field Guide to Mammals of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East

Third Edition

About this book

A comprehensive and richly illustrated field guide to the mammals of the Western Palearctic. Fully revised and updated, this major work presents all species that occur in the Western Palearctic, serving as the perfect field guide to the great diversity of mammals in the region. This new edition presents 86 new species, including 40 cetaceans, and reports on the latest scientific advances and taxonomic changes. Species accounts are concise and authoritative, giving information on size, distribution, habitat, behaviour, reproduction and feeding. Each account is supported by distribution maps and superb colour illustrations. The book features over 125 plates, comprising more than 650 colour species artworks. Variation between the sexes is illustrated, and anatomical diagrams including tooth arrays are provided to assist identification. Field Guide to Mammals of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East is the only guide you'll need to identify any mammal across the Western Palearctic.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. TABLE OF CONTENTS
  5. Introduction
  6. Mammals of the Western Palearctic
  7. Watching mammals
  8. Biogeography of mammals of the Western Palearctic
  9. Mammals and humans
  10. Describing the species
  11. SPECIES ACCOUNTS
  12. Elephant-shrews – Macroscelididae; Hyraxes – Procaviidae; Dugongs – Dugongidae
  13. Pikas – Ochotonidae; Hares and rabbits – Leporidae
  14. Tree squirrels and ground squirrels – Sciuridae
  15. Beavers – Castoridae; Dormice – Gliridae
  16. Jerboas – Dipodidae
  17. Birch mice – Sminthidae
  18. Mouse-like hamsters – Calomyscidae; Hamsters – Cricetidae
  19. Lemmings, mole-voles, muskrats, voles – Arvicolinae
  20. Gerbils, jirds and sand rats – Gerbillinae
  21. Mice and rats – Muridae
  22. Mole-rats – Spalacidae
  23. Gundis – Ctenodactylidae
  24. Porcupines – Hystricidae; Coypu – Myocastoridae
  25. Hedgehogs – Erinaceidae
  26. Shrews – Soricidae
  27. Desmans and moles – Talpidae
  28. Macaques – Cercopithecidae; Fruit bats – Pteropodidae
  29. Mouse-tailed bats – Rhinopomatidae
  30. Slit-faced bats – Nycteridae; Leaf-nosed bats – Hipposideridae
  31. Horseshoe bats – Rhinolophidae
  32. Sheath-tailed bats – Emballonuridae
  33. Free-tailed bats – Molossidae; Long-fingered bats – Miniopteridae
  34. Vesper bats – Vespertilionidae
  35. Dogs – Canidae
  36. Racoon – Procyonidae; Bears – Ursidae
  37. Stoat, weasels, polecats, minks, Wolverine, martens – Mustelidae
  38. Badgers and otters – Mustelidae
  39. Walrus – Odobenidae; Seals – Phocidae
  40. Genets – Viverridae; Mongooses – Herpestidae
  41. Hyenas – Hyaenidae; Cats – Felidae
  42. Right whale and Bowhead Whale – Balaenidae; Rorquals – Balaenopteridae
  43. Sperm whales – Physeteridae, Kogiidae; Beaked whales – Ziphiidae
  44. Narwhal and Beluga – Monodontidae; Oceanic dolphins – Delphinidae
  45. Porpoises – Phocoenidae
  46. Deer – Cervidae
  47. Gazelles, Saiga, sheep, goats and Muskox – Bovidae
  48. Addax and oryxes – Bovidae
  49. Bison – Bovidae; Pigs – Suidae; Horses – Equidae
  50. Glossary
  51. Bibliography
  52. Addresses
  53. Checklist
  54. Authors
  55. Illustrators
  56. eCopyright