03908nam a22005415i 4500 978-3-031-41661-3 DE-He213 20251030113311.0 cr nn 008mamaa 241115s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031416613 978-3-031-41661-3 10.1007/978-3-031-41661-3 doi QL1-991 PSV bicssc SCI070000 bisacsh PSV thema Álvarez-Castañeda, Sergio Ticul. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 87490 Mammals of North America - Volume 1 [electronic resource] : Systematics and Taxonomy / by Sergio Ticul Álvarez-Castañeda. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2024. XI, 697 p. 66 illus., 57 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Class Mammalia -- Subclass Theria -- Infraclass Marsupialia -- Order Didelphimorphia -- Family Didelphidae -- Infraclass Placentalia -- Order Carnivora -- Family Canidae -- Family Mephitidae -- Family Mustelidae -- Family Odobenidae -- Family Otariidae -- Family Phocidae -- Family Procyonidae -- Family Ursidae -- Family Felidae -- Order Cetartiodactyla -- Family Antilocapridae -- Family Bovidae -- Family Cervidae -- Family Tayassuidae -- Order Chiroptera -- Family Emballonuridae -- Family Molossidae -- Family Mormoopidae -- Family Natalidae -- Family Noctilionidae -- Family Phyllostomidae -- Family Thyropteridae -- Family Vespertilionidae -- Order Cingulata -- Family Dasypodidae -- Order Eulipotyphla -- Family Soricidae -- Family Talpidae -- Order Lagomorpha -- Family Leporidae -- Family Ochotonidae -- Order Perissodactyla -- Family Tapiridae -- Order Pilosa -- Family Cyclopedidae -- Family Myrmecophagidae -- Order Primates -- Family Atelidae -- Order Rodentia -- Family Castoridae -- Family Geomyidae -- Family Heteromyidae -- Family Cricetidae -- Family Dipodidae -- Family Cuniculidae -- Family Erethizontidae -- Family Aplodontiidae -- Family Sciuridae -- Order Sirenia -- Family Trichechidae. The book synthesizes nomenclature, systematics, and descriptions of North American mammal species. Clear, simple and illustrated identification keys are provided to make knowledge of mammals easier and facilitate the training both students and professionals in the field, including readers without extensive experience. Descriptions of the different species are provided up to Order, highlighting the diagnostic features that allow identifying them promptly while the reader learns how to make subsequent identifications without having the book at hand. Each species comes with potential distribution maps based on existing records in the main museums of North America. The book includes the description, characteristics and distribution maps of the 781 species with range in the North America subcontinent. Zoology. 69024 Ecology . 68629 Anatomy. 70740 Conservation biology. Zoology. 69024 Ecology. 68629 Anatomy. 70740 Conservation Biology. SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031416606 Printed edition: 9783031416620 Printed edition: 9783031416637 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41661-3 ZDB-2-SBL ZDB-2-SXB 64944 64944