A remarkable achievement that took over 30 years to construct, Keys for Identifying Mexican Mammals is the only complete identification guide to Mexico's mammalian fauna. Fully updated and revised, this bestselling book follows a bilingual arrangement, with identical information presented in Spanish and English on facing pages. The dichotomous presentation is both easy to follow and flawlessly compiled, including updated and expanded material that surpasses any previously available resource. Hundreds of diagnostic images are dispersed throughout the book, many showing minute details that differentiate one species from another, and introductory materials carefully explain the use of diagnostic features. The heart of the book, though, is the keys themselves, which cover every taxa-from artiodactyls and carnivores to primates and rodents-while allowing confident identification at the species level for both field and museum use. The book closes with appendices that cover preparation of specimens, a glossary, and a bibliography.
Anyone with an interest in the mammalian fauna of Mexico, or mammals in general, will find this one-of-a-kind book an indispensable reference to Mexico's rich diversity of wildlife.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
The dichotomous presentation is both easy to follow and flawlessly compiled, including updated and expanded material that surpasses any previously available resource... Anyone with an interest in the mammalian fauna of Mexico, or mammals in general, will find this one-of-a-kind book an indispensable reference to Mexico's rich diversity of wildlife. Birdbooker Report
Auflage
revised and updated edition
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Editions-Typ
Produkt-Hinweis
Illustrationen
4 s/w Zeichnungen, 233 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder
233 Halftones, black and white; 4 Line drawings, black and white
Maße
Höhe: 236 mm
Breite: 154 mm
Dicke: 32 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-1-4214-2210-7 (9781421422107)
DOI
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Sergio Ticul Alvarez-Castaneda is a senior researcher at the Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas del Noroeste, where he is the curator of the Mammals Collection. He is the coauthor of Mamiferos del Noroeste Mexicano. Ticul Alvarez (1935-2001) was a senior professor at the Instituto Politecnico Nacional and the curator of the Mammals Collection of the Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biologicas. He was the coauthor of Diccionario de Anatomia Comparada de Vertebrados. Noe Gonzalez-Ruiz is a senior professor at the Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, where he is the associate curator of the Mammals Collection.
Autor*in
Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas del Noroeste, S. C. (CIBNOR)
Instituto Politecnico Nacional
Prologo/Foreword
Introduccion/Introduction
Necesidad de guias de identifi cacion/ The need for identification guides
Como usar esta guia/How to use the guide
Distribucion/Distribution
Proteccion/Protection
Agradecimientos/Acknowledgments
Caracteristicas de los mamiferos/Mammal characteristics
Caracteristicas externas/External characteristics
Caracteristicas internas/Internal characteristics
Caracteristicas oseas/Bone characteristics
Listado de especies/Species list
Claves de ordenes/Key orders
Orden/ order Artiodactyla
Familia/Family Antilocapridae
Familia/Family Bovidae
Familia/Family Cervidae
Familia/Family Tayassuidae
Orden/Order Carnivora
Familia/Family Canidae
Familia/Family Felidae
Familia/Family Mephitidae
Familia/Family Mustelidae
Familia/Family Otariidae
Familia/Family Phocidae
Familia/Family Procyonidae
Familia/Family Ursidae
Orden/Order Chiroptera
Familia/Family Emballonuridae
Familia/Family Molossidae
Familia/Family Mormoopidae
Familia/Family Natalidae
Familia/Family Noctilionidae
Familia/Family Phyllostomidae
Familia/Family Thyroptera
Familia/Family Vespertilionidae
Orden/Order Cingulata
Familia/Family Dasypodidae
Orden/Order Didelphimorphia
Familia/Family Didelphidae
Orden/Order Lagomorpha
Familia/Family Leporidae
Orden/Order Perissodactyla
Familia/Family Tapiridae
Orden/Order Pilosa
Familia/Family Cyclopedidae
Familia/Family Myrmecophagidae
Orden/Order Primates
Familia/Family Atelidae
Orden/Order Rodentia
Familia/Family Agoutidae
Familia/Family Castoridae
Familia/Family Cricetidae
Familia/Family Cuniculidae
Familia/Family Erethizontidae
Familia/Family Geomyinae
Familia/Family Heteromyidae
Familia/Family Muridae
Familia/Family Sciuridae
Orden/Order Sirenia
Familia/Family Trichechidae
Orden/Order Soricomorpha
Familia/Family Soricidae
Familia/Family Talpidae
Anexo I medidas/ Appendix I measurements
Medidas somaticas/ Somatic measurements
Medidas craneales/ Cranial measurements
Medidas axiales/ Axial measurements
Anexo II colecta de mamiferos/ Appendix II mammal collection
Mamiferos pequenos/Small mammals
Mamiferos medianos/Medium mammals
Mamiferos grandes/Large mammals
Murcielagos/Bats
Preservacion y conservacion/ Preservation and conservation
Anexo III tecnica para la preparacion/ Appendix III preparation technique
Secado de los ejemplares/ Drying the samples
Metodo para limpiar los craneos/ Method for cleaning craniums
Variacion a la tecnica de preparacion/ Variation of the preparation technique
Pieles de mamiferos que seran curtidas/ Mammal skins to be tanned
Preparacion de los craneos/Cranium preparation
Preparacion de esqueletos/Skeleton preparation
Glosario/Glossary
Literatura citada/Bibliography
Indice/Index
