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Walker's Mammals of the World

Nowak, Ronald·2018·Johns Hopkins University Press eBooks
DOI 10.1353/book.59141
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From aardwolves and bandicoots to yapoks and zorillas, Ernest P. Walker's Mammals of the World is the most comprehensive-the pre-eminent-reference work on mammals. Now, completely revised and updated, this fascinating guide is better than ever. Providing complete account of every genus of mammal in all historical time, the sixth edition is 25 percent longer than its predecessor. Of the previous generic accounts, 95 percent have been substantively modified, and there are 80 new ones-among them, three remarkable, large ungulates recently discovered in the forests of Indochina. New also is full account of the woolly mammoth, now known to have survived until less than 4,000 years ago. Each section of the book describes one genus and includes facts such as scientific and common names, the number and distribution of species, measurements and physical traits, habitat, locomotion, daily and seasonal activity, population dynamics, home range, social life, reproduction, and longevity. Textual summaries present accurate, well-documented descriptions of the physical characteristics and living habits of mammals in every part of the world. As in the last two editions, the names and distributions of every species of every genus are listed in systematic order. These lists have now been cross-checked to ensure coverage of all species in the comprehensive new Smithsonian guide, Mammal Species of the World. Facts on the biology of mammals have been brought together from more than 2,700 newly cited references, nearly all published in the last decade. Also new are the latest data on reproduction, longevity, fur harvests, numbers in the wild and in captivity, and conservation status. The sixth edition also records all official classifications of every mammal species and subspecies in the massive 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. The illustrations-more than 1,700-include virtually every genus of mammal. Among them are pictures by such noted wildlife photographers as Leonard Lee Rue III, Bernhard Grzimek, David Pye, and Warren T. Houck. Mammals pictured here for the first time include the just-discovered giant muntjac deer of Viet Nam, rodent known only from the Solomon Islands, large fruit bat whose male suckles the young, and an extremely rare web-footed tenrec of Madagascar. Since its publication in 1964, Walker's Mammals of the World has become favorite guide to the natural world for general readers as well as an invaluable resource for professionals. This sixth edition represents more than half century of scholarship-Ernest P. Walker himself devoted more than thirty years to the original project-and remains true to Walker's vision, smoothly combining thorough scholarship with popular, readable style to preserve and enhance what the Washington Post called a landmark of zoological literature.

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Nowak, R.
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Nowak, Ronald
ORCID
Nowak, Ronald
Venue
Johns Hopkins University Press eBooks
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Published
2018
DOI
10.1353/book.59141
OpenAlex
W1579928530
Cited by
4,102
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Citations by year
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81.34
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book
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en
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  • Johns Hopkins University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
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Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Urology › Comparative Animal Anatomy Studies
Keywords
mammals, mammal taxonomy, mammal biology, mammal species account, mammal distribution, mammal conservation status, IUCN Red List, woolly mammoth, Pteropodidae, social behavior, home range, population dynamics

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