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A manual of mammalogy : with keys to families of the world /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Martin, Robert Eugene, 1944-
Other Authors: Pine, Ronald H., DeBlase, Anthony F.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : McGraw Hill, [2001].
Edition:3rd ed.
Subjects:
Mammals.
Mammals > Identification.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The skull
  • Teeth
  • The integument
  • Horns and antlers
  • The postcranial skeleton
  • Keys and keying
  • The orders of living mammals
  • The monotremes
  • The marsupials
  • The insectivores
  • The colugos
  • The bats
  • The tupaiids
  • The primates
  • The xenarthrans: anteaters, armadillos, and sloths
  • The pangolins
  • The carnivores
  • The whales, dolphins, and porpoises
  • The macroscelideans
  • The rabbits, hares, and pikas
  • The rodents
  • The aarkvark
  • The subungulates
  • The perissodactyls
  • The artiodactyls
  • Sign and habitat analysis
  • Recording data
  • Collecting
  • Specimen preparation and preservation
  • Collecting ectoparasites of mammals
  • Age determination
  • Diet analysis
  • Analysis of sptial distribution
  • Estimation of abundance and density
  • Literature research.