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

Third Edition

Stephane Aulagnier, Patrick Haffner, A.J. Mitchell-Jones, Francois Moutou, Jan Zima, Stéphane Aulagnier

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Wildlife
• Year: 2025
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781399414968
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Zoology
• Index: Biological Sciences

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.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Acknowledgements
• Contents
• Introduction
• Mammals of the Western Palearctic
• Watching mammals
• Biogeography of mammals of the Western Palearctic
• Mammals and humans
• Describing the species
• SPECIES ACCOUNTS
• Elephant-shrews – Macroscelididae; Hyraxes – Procaviidae; Dugongs – Dugongidae
• Pikas – Ochotonidae; Hares and rabbits – Leporidae
• Tree squirrels and ground squirrels – Sciuridae
• Beavers – Castoridae; Dormice – Gliridae
• Jerboas – Dipodidae
• Birch mice – Sminthidae
• Mouse-like hamsters – Calomyscidae; Hamsters – Cricetidae
• Lemmings, mole-voles, muskrats, voles – Arvicolinae
• Gerbils, jirds and sand rats – Gerbillinae
• Mice and rats – Muridae
• Mole-rats – Spalacidae
• Gundis – Ctenodactylidae
• Porcupines – Hystricidae; Coypu – Myocastoridae
• Hedgehogs – Erinaceidae
• Shrews – Soricidae
• Desmans and moles – Talpidae
• Macaques – Cercopithecidae; Fruit bats – Pteropodidae
• Mouse-tailed bats – Rhinopomatidae
• Slit-faced bats – Nycteridae; Leaf-nosed bats – Hipposideridae
• Horseshoe bats – Rhinolophidae
• Sheath-tailed bats – Emballonuridae
• Free-tailed bats – Molossidae; Long-fingered bats – Miniopteridae
• Vesper bats – Vespertilionidae
• Dogs – Canidae
• Racoon – Procyonidae; Bears – Ursidae
• Stoat, weasels, polecats, minks, Wolverine, martens – Mustelidae
• Badgers and otters – Mustelidae
• Walrus – Odobenidae; Seals – Phocidae
• Genets – Viverridae; Mongooses – Herpestidae
• Hyenas – Hyaenidae; Cats – Felidae
• Right whale and Bowhead Whale – Balaenidae; Rorquals – Balaenopteridae
• Sperm whales – Physeteridae, Kogiidae; Beaked whales – Ziphiidae
• Narwhal and Beluga – Monodontidae; Oceanic dolphins – Delphinidae
• Porpoises – Phocoenidae
• Deer – Cervidae
• Gazelles, Saiga, sheep, goats and Muskox – Bovidae
• Addax and oryxes – Bovidae
• Bison – Bovidae; Pigs – Suidae; Horses – Equidae
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• Addresses
• Checklist
• Authors
• Illustrators