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Title

A guide to the mammals of China / editors, Andrew T. Smith and Yan Xie ; contributing authors , Robert S. Hoffmann [and others] ; illustrator Federico Gemma ; honorary editor, Wang Sung.

Publication

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2008], ©2008.

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Additional Authors

• Smith, Andrew T., 1946-
• Xie, Yan, 1967-

Description

xiii, 544 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 25 cm

Summary

"China's stunning diversity of natural habitats - from parched deserts to lush tropical forests - is home to more than 10 percent of the world's mammal species. A Guide to the Mammals of China is the most comprehensive guide to all 556 species of mammal found in China. It is the only single-volume reference of its kind to fully describe the physical characteristics, geographic distribution, natural history, and conservation status of every species. An up-to-date distribution map accompanies each species account, and color plates illustrate a majority of species. Written by a team of leading specialists, including Professor Wang Sung who provides a history of Chinese mammalogy, A Guide to the Mammals of China is the ideal reference for researchers and a delight for anyone interested in China's rich mammal fauna."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Mammals > China > Identification

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [495]-525) and indexes.

Contents

Introduction / Andrew T. Smith and Xie Yan -- Species Plates -- Taxonomic Descriptions -- Class Mammalia / Andrew T. Smith -- Order Proboscidea / Andrew T. Smith and John MacKinnon -- Order Sirenia / Andrew T. Smith -- Order Scandentia / Andrew T. Smith -- Order Primates / John MacKinnon -- Order Rodentia / Darrin Lunde, Andrew T. Smith and Robert S. Hoffmann -- Family Sciuridae / Robert S. Hoffmann and Andrew T. Smith -- Family Gliridae / Andrew T. Smith -- Family Castoridae / Andrew T. Smith -- Family Dipodidae / Andrew T. Smith -- Family Platacanthomyidae / Andrew T. Smith -- Family Spalacidae / Andrew T. Smith -- Family Cricetidae / Darrin Lunde and Andrew T. Smith -- Subfamily Arvicolinae / Darrin Lunde -- Subfamily Cricetinae / Andrew T. Smith and Robert S. Hoffmann -- Family Muridae / Andrew T. Smith and Darrin Lunde -- Subfamily Gerbillinae / Andrew T. Smith and Robert S. Hoffmann -- Subfamily Murinae / Darrin Lunde -- Family Hystricidae / Andrew T. Smith -- Order Lagomorpha / Andrew T. Smith -- Order Erinaceomorpha / Robert S. Hoffmann and Darrin Lunde -- Order Soricomorpha / Robert S. Hoffmann and Darrin Lunde -- Order Chiroptera / Don E. Wilson -- Order Pholidota / Andrew T. Smith -- Order Carnivora / W. Chris Wozencraft -- Order Perissodactyla / Andrew T. Smith -- Order Artiodactyla / John MacKinnon -- Order Cetacea / Andrew T. Smith -- App. I. Cetaceans Found Off the Coast of China -- App. II. Hypothetical Mammals -- App. III. Introduced Alien, Feral, or Free-ranging Domestic Mammals.

ISBN

• 9780691099842 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 0691099847 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2007020625
• 99820109103

OCLC

• ocn132584649
• 132584649
• SCSB-5399248

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries