Ungulate Taxonomy
Published on 10. January 2012
336 pages
978-1-4214-0329-8 (ISBN)
Description
A group of special interest to mammalogists, taxonomists, and systemicists, ungulates have proven difficult to classify. This comprehensive review of the taxonomic relationships of artiodactyls and perissodactyls brings forth new evidence in order to propose a theory of ungulate taxonomy.
With this straightforward volume, Colin Groves and the late Peter Grubb cut through previous assumptions to define ungulate genera, species, and subspecies. The species-by-species accounts incorporate new molecular, cytogenetic, and morphological data, as well as the authors' own observations and measurements. The authors include references and supporting arguments for new classifications.
A starting point for further research, this book is sure to be discussed and hotly debated in the mammalogical community. A well-reasoned synthesis, Ungulate Taxonomy will be a defining volume for years to come.
With this straightforward volume, Colin Groves and the late Peter Grubb cut through previous assumptions to define ungulate genera, species, and subspecies. The species-by-species accounts incorporate new molecular, cytogenetic, and morphological data, as well as the authors' own observations and measurements. The authors include references and supporting arguments for new classifications.
A starting point for further research, this book is sure to be discussed and hotly debated in the mammalogical community. A well-reasoned synthesis, Ungulate Taxonomy will be a defining volume for years to come.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Baltimore
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
File size
6,37 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4214-0329-8 (9781421403298)
DOI
10.56021/9781421400938
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Colin Groves | Peter Grubb
Ungulate Taxonomy
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01/2012
Johns Hopkins University Press
€110.50
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Persons
Colin Groves is a professor of biological anthropology at Australian National University and the author of Primate Taxonomy. Peter Grubb was an English zoologist who, until his death in December 2006, was widely recognized as the world's leading ungulate taxonomist.
Content
Preface
Theory of Ungulate Taxonomy
Part I: Perissodactyla
1. Equidae
2. Tapiridae
3. Rhinocerotidae
Part II: Artiodactyla
4. Tylopoda
5. Suidae
6. Hippopotamidae
7. Tragulidae and Moschidae
8. Antilocapridae
9. Giraffidae
10. Cervidae
11. Bovidae
References
Index
Theory of Ungulate Taxonomy
Part I: Perissodactyla
1. Equidae
2. Tapiridae
3. Rhinocerotidae
Part II: Artiodactyla
4. Tylopoda
5. Suidae
6. Hippopotamidae
7. Tragulidae and Moschidae
8. Antilocapridae
9. Giraffidae
10. Cervidae
11. Bovidae
References
Index
