📗 Libro en inglés MAMMALOGY

A completely revised and updated edition of the leading mammalogy textbook featuring color photographs throughout and a new streamlined structure for enhanced use in courses There are more than 6 400 species in the class Mammalia including the blue whale the largest animal that has ever lived and the pygmy shrew which weighs little more than a dime Such diversity among mammals has allowed them to play critical roles in every ecosystem whether marine freshwater alpine tundra forest or desert Reflecting the expertise and perspective of five leading mammalogists the fifth edition of Mammalogy Adaptation Diversity Ecology significantly updates taxonomy adds a new introductory chapter on the science of mammalogy and highlights several recently described species To enhance its appeal to students textual material has been reduced consolidated and streamlined without sacrificing breadth or depth of coverage The fifth edition includes for the first time stunning color photographs throughout chapters rearranged and grouped to best reflect phylogenetic relationships with updated numbers of genera and species for each family updated mammalian structural and functional adaptations as well as ordinal fossil histories recent advances in mammalian phyloge